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Originally Posted by John Rogers
One thing to be careful of when using a pressure bleeder is the possibility of a burst brake flex line. If they are old such as original ones on a 914 or 911 that can happen. At a vintage race at Willow Springs the mechanic was pressure bleeding the brakes on a 356 and got the rears done, no fluid from the front one so he jumped the pressure up and bam......the line burst and hit him in the face, eyes and all with fluid! He spent two days in the hospital getting his eyes fixed so he could see!
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Sounds like he got lucky. You only need about 10- 15 psi in a pressure bleeder. The lines see a LOT more force than that when you step on the brakes. He saved himself a crash. Unless he's using a type of pressure bleeder I've never seen the pressure is applied at the plastic reservoir, which is not designed to see
any pressure, should have blown before a brake line - even a really bad one.