NC_Overland
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- John
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- Raleigh, NC
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- 2020 JT Overland
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Last year we picked up a 2013 Sentra SR for my fiancée. It’s a good cheap little car, that’s way better than her old 05 Kia Optima death trap that she had when I met her. 70k on it now, one owner, no accidents, clean local car, CVT was replaced by Nissan right before we got it, blah blah blah. I flushed the brakes on it and made a dreaded mistake. I’m stretched too thin these days and was doing too many things at once and I let the fluid get too low in the master cylinder. I’ve bled the brakes three times now and the pedal is way better now, but it’s still too soft in traffic and low speeds like parking. I’m glad I bled the brakes, the old fluid was really dark. I put new brakes on it front and rear when we got it and they worked fine before this. I’m thinking I got air in the ABS pump, but I can’t find an option with the scan tools I’ve borrowed to bleed the ABS pump. I know there are some former mechanics on here.
Are there any tricks to bleeding the air out in that particular car that I’m missing? I did the usual start with the furthest corner and work my way to the left front. I’ve been using a vacuum hand pump kit that normally works well. I’m stumped. I’ve put three liters of new DOT 3 brake fluid through it and now at least the brake fluid is pretty damn clean lol. I’m going to try to get a tech friend of mine to do it in his shop tomorrow, but he’s not a Nissan tech. Anything special about that car we need to do? I don’t want to keep getting the same results. Any advice would be appreciated. TIA.
Are there any tricks to bleeding the air out in that particular car that I’m missing? I did the usual start with the furthest corner and work my way to the left front. I’ve been using a vacuum hand pump kit that normally works well. I’m stumped. I’ve put three liters of new DOT 3 brake fluid through it and now at least the brake fluid is pretty damn clean lol. I’m going to try to get a tech friend of mine to do it in his shop tomorrow, but he’s not a Nissan tech. Anything special about that car we need to do? I don’t want to keep getting the same results. Any advice would be appreciated. TIA.
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