Hi all, I fitted new discs and pads to my 2002 a3 tqs today. been trying to bleed the brakes through and have a rubbish pedal now. I left the front calipers of for a day whilst cleaning them up. this made the system lose loads of fluid, I connected my gunson bleeder and it fired almost a whole bottle into the system. so I then set about bleeding the brakes pas rear, driver rear, pas front, driver front, clutch slave, then master cylinder.
Took the car for a drive and lost clutch pedal totally and brake pedal travel was a long way don't and brakes were not that sharp (I understand new pads and discs will affect this) So I bled everything through again but turned the engine on before doing the clutch slave and master cylinder loads of air came out of the clutch slave.
Took car out again out again and the clutch pedal was the best its been but then got worse and worse. brakes stayed about the same.
The clutch was not the best to begin with and I have previously lost the pedal on the drive home from picking it up. with the ignition off the brake pedal goes hard but as soon as you start the car the pedal drops a fair way to the floor. braking hard whilst driving you can feel the abs starting to kick in. checking the fluid level there is no noticeable drop
So any ideas on the problem, am I doing something wrong or is there a part at fault, forgot to say that the bite point of the clutch is low down in the pedal stroke.
any help advice would be a big help
Cheers jon
Took the car for a drive and lost clutch pedal totally and brake pedal travel was a long way don't and brakes were not that sharp (I understand new pads and discs will affect this) So I bled everything through again but turned the engine on before doing the clutch slave and master cylinder loads of air came out of the clutch slave.
Took car out again out again and the clutch pedal was the best its been but then got worse and worse. brakes stayed about the same.
The clutch was not the best to begin with and I have previously lost the pedal on the drive home from picking it up. with the ignition off the brake pedal goes hard but as soon as you start the car the pedal drops a fair way to the floor. braking hard whilst driving you can feel the abs starting to kick in. checking the fluid level there is no noticeable drop
So any ideas on the problem, am I doing something wrong or is there a part at fault, forgot to say that the bite point of the clutch is low down in the pedal stroke.
any help advice would be a big help
Cheers jon