Brake Bleed Sequence
Brake Bleed Sequence
Can anyone confirm the brake bleed sequence for a left hand drive '16 XC90? I hear it is LF,RF,LR,RR - which is opposite of what I have always done on other vehicles. Thanks!
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The general approach: When multiple brake calipers are fed from a common outpipe at the Master Cylinder, bleed them in order of longest fluid path to shortest.
On modern Volvos, the Left wheels and Right wheels have their own dedicated circuits at the Master Cylinder -- this gives redundancy should one side spring a leak, the other side will work long enough to bring the car to a stop.
Therefore, you can do the Left and Right side in any order, but should bleed rear pistons before fronts.
On modern Volvos, the Left wheels and Right wheels have their own dedicated circuits at the Master Cylinder -- this gives redundancy should one side spring a leak, the other side will work long enough to bring the car to a stop.
Therefore, you can do the Left and Right side in any order, but should bleed rear pistons before fronts.
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