34.22
•
Very gently press the handbrake lever until the
pump just starts up.
•
Open the bleed screw at the left-hand brake cal-
iper.
•
Pump the brake fluid at virtually no pressure until
the hose is full of brake fluid.
•
Position the end of the hose on the
cover,
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.
•
Pump the brake fluid with virtually no pressure to
begin with, then vary the brake pressure.
d
Warning:
The brake fluid must not foam in the hose.
If this should happen, follow the procedure for
bleeding/changing brake fluid in the front wheel cir-
cuit (
a
00.45).
•
Pump brake fluid through the system until it is
clear and free from air bubbles.
•
Close the bleed screw.
•
Release the handbrake lever.
•
Disconnect silicon hose,
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,
from bleed screw and drain its contents into
wheel circuit reservoir.
•
Connect silicon hose,
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, to
bleed nipple of right brake caliper.
•
The procedure for bleeding the right brake cali-
per is the same as that for the left caliper.
•
Close the bleed screw.
•
Release the handbrake lever.
•
Switch off the ignition.
•
Disconnect silicon hose,
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,
from bleed screw and drain its contents into
wheel circuit reservoir.
•
Remove cap,
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.
e
Attention:
After changing and/or bleeding the brakes, always
top up the fluid in the wheel-circuit reservoir to the
correct level in accordance with the instructions.
•
Fill front wheel-circuit reservoir with brake fluid in
accordance with instructions (
a
00.47).
•
Perform a function check on the brake system
with the ignition switched on.
e
Attention:
After all the work on the brake system has been
completed, run a bleed test using the
BMW
MoDiTeC!
•
Perform bleed test with
BMW
MoDiTeC
(
a
00.35).
Brake fluid
...................................................DOT 4
X
Tightening torque:
Bleed screw to brake caliper .......................... 7 Nm
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