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Subject:Re: bleed brakes after clutch slave failure?
From:David Beierl
Date:Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:53:56 -0400

At 08:24 PM 3/26/2011, Mark wrote:
>Quick question - If I lost hydraulic fluid through a bad clutch slave
>cylinder, to the point where the brake fluid reservoir got real low (brake
>light came on), will I have to bleed the brake system as well as the clutch
>system when adding new fluid?

Shouldn't.  Brakes are still working, right?  The clutch takes its
fluid from a higher point in the reservoir for just that reason, so
it can't kill the brakes.

Yrs,
d