When I got my Motiv power bleeder I flushed my system with a quart of regular brake fluid, and then bled it out and
put in all synthetic.  Hope that works for a while.  Maybe I ought to bleed the system more often too.  It was kinda fun.

Warren Lail
88 Westy "Billy Bones"

----- Original Message -----
From: Antaki <wrack@comcast.net>
Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 11:22 pm
Subject: RE: power bleeder for brakes

> I use mine for all my VWs, and several other cars too.
> When I first got it, the problem I had was wanting to bleed the
> brakes and
> clutch too often - it was so much more a pleasure to do it this way
> than the
> "pump and hold" method.
> I have since settled into a sensible routine of doing it only when
> needed.
> Then again, some clever folks have rolled their own out of a garden
> sprayerand parts.
>
> Ron Antaki
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Warren Lail
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 5:36 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: power bleeder for brakes
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have sort of followed this thread on bleeding brakes, but I'm not
> surewhether anyone has mentioned the power bleeder from Motiv
> Products.  I
> bought one last spring when I was operating on Billy Bones and it
> workedgreat.  Will screw right on to your brake reservoir.  Just
> fill it with
> fluid, pump it up to 10 lbs pressure, and go bleed the brakes and
> clutchslave.
>
> http://www.machv.com/motpowbleed.html
>
> I did not buy mine from these guys, but the price is the same ($49).
>
> Warren Lail
> 88 Westy "Billy Bones"
>
>