2004 mazda rx8 issue

[gray goblet]

hey guys so this time its not my jeep lol.
on my rx8 i bled the breaks, and decided to be lazy and not use my vacuum bleeder now my break pedal goes all the way down and does absolutely nothing it only slows down all the way down and it takes like 10 seconds to stop going 12mph, and my ABS light is on and my traction light is on. what should i do? (not my image but same thing that happen to me) thanks guys

also once i let off the petal it goes all the way up so thats good

and its soft going down

(untill the last tiny little bit)

it only breaks like 2 inches away from being fully pressed down

[bleak kindle]

Well ya messed up bleeding the brakes. There's air in the system somewhere. I would do it again with a helper and a good tutorial. If that doesn't work, you might have to get into reverse bleeding or other tactics to get the stuck air out

[gray goblet]

got it 👍 thanks today i will bleed it the correct way with the vacuum

[hallow elbow]

I hope you were not pressing all the way down on the breaks (like to the floor) multiple times; you could have fucked up your cylinder.

[crimson wing]

Did you ever run the reservoir out of fluid?

Also what method did you use to bleed them in the first place

[gray goblet]

nope

[gray goblet]

gravity

but i was lazy and didnt close it back up when i would move on to the next caliper

[crimson wing]

So you just cracked the bleeders and let it sit for a few hours?

[gray goblet]

nah

i opened the first pass rear

pumped breaks

then close

then next

etc

[crimson wing]

💀

[gray goblet]

i know im supposed to close it back up or ill suck air in

i was lazy

lol

[crimson wing]

Did you have a bleeder cup full of fluid connected to the bleeder

[gray goblet]

yes

ho wait

oh

i didnt

[crimson wing]

I'm assuming that you just sucked air into the system like you already said

[gray goblet]

i just had a cup sittin there

and it would just drip into dere

[gray goblet]

yerp

prob

[crimson wing]

Depending on how much air you sucked in you might have a real fun time getting it completely bled

[gray goblet]

i manage to turn off my abs light so that's find i forgot to say that

[gray goblet]

ill be fine i have a vaccum bleeder

thats what i ussualy use

it works charms!

(i hope it will work for this application)

lol

[crimson wing]

I would think that it would

[gray goblet]

yeah

[crimson wing]

Just make sure you don't let the reservoir get low

Otherwise you'll have to bench bleed the master if you don't already have to

[gray goblet]

dont wanna do that

[crimson wing]

Hopefully you don't have to

[gray goblet]

do they sell a tool that could pour it in for me?

my father is always buisy

or i could take it to the shop

[crimson wing]

A pressure bleeder

But you can always go to one corner and pull a vacuum and go check the fluid level again

[gray goblet]

o

[gray goblet]

smart

ill do that

[crimson wing]

Also for future reference gravity bleeding is where you just crack the bleeders loose and let it sit for a few hours without touching the brake pedal

[gray goblet]

dumb question do i pump with car on or off i know the break booster plays a roll in this

[crimson wing]

Off

[gray goblet]

ah shid

[gray goblet]

ok thats what i thought thanks

[crimson wing]

With a vacuum bleeder it should be a one man operation

[gray goblet]

🙏

[crimson wing]

And you shouldn't have to pump the brake pedal

[gray goblet]

ah poop

i have been doin it wrong

[crimson wing]

You crack the bleeder loose and just pump the vacuum while it's hooked up

[gray goblet]

and it will pull thru fluid?

[crimson wing]

Make sure you have the cup in line because brake fluid will kill the vacuum pump

Yes

[gray goblet]

yerp

thanks

🙏

[crimson wing]

https://youtu.be/kFQHy2WCDC8

[gray goblet]

thats the one in wathcin rn lol