new frount breaks and pads still feel spongye

[Stewart(oily)]

the fluid what was in the breaks was the mucky brown fluid i had before i changed the lhm oil.
Its wierd how the bit in the breaks as stayed in there. I would have thought it would have gone round the system. The new green lhm fluid

The brakes are dead ends as far as the fluid goes, one pipe with a caliper on the end, only the suspension circulates LHM.just bleed the brakes until it comes through green.

[Hell Razor5543]

What Stewart (oily) said. As the rear brakes have long pipes, it can take half a litre of LHM before it runs green. Make sure you have a couple of bottles of LHM to hand.

[jacksun1987]

yep like i say mange to do 3 of them couldn't do all 4 I have noticed a difference. The thing is. If the break on the fount right has new lhm and the front left hasn't Would the right come on sooner then the left ? .

[Stickyfinger]

yep like i say mange to do 3 of them couldn't do all 4 I have noticed a difference. The thing is. If the break on the fount right has new lhm and the front left hasn't Would the right come on sooner then the left ? .

In theory one side would/could apply more force as with no water (absorbed) in the new fluid is less compressible. As it is a short section, I don't think it would matter much. The biggest danger of old fluid is the boiling point is lowered greatly.

[Hell Razor5543]

I thought that LHM had the advantage that it didn't absorb moisture.

[Northern_Mike]

yep like i say mange to do 3 of them couldn't do all 4 I have noticed a difference. The thing is. If the break on the fount right has new lhm and the front left hasn't Would the right come on sooner then the left ? .

In theory one side would/could apply more force as with no water (absorbed) in the new fluid is less compressible. As it is a short section, I don't think it would matter much. The biggest danger of old fluid is the boiling point is lowered greatly.

LHM doesn't absorb water.

[jacksun1987]

Well the fluid what was in the hole car and was still in the break pipes was a mucky browny red. Changed the lhm about a year ago now. ts still nice and green. It was just the bleeding of the breaks what needed doing.

[Stickyfinger]

yep like i say mange to do 3 of them couldn't do all 4 I have noticed a difference. The thing is. If the break on the fount right has new lhm and the front left hasn't Would the right come on sooner then the left ? .

In theory one side would/could apply more force as with no water (absorbed) in the new fluid is less compressible. As it is a short section, I don't think it would matter much. The biggest danger of old fluid is the boiling point is lowered greatly.

LHM doesn't absorb water.

Yep....my bad