Bleeding Brakes - Any Tips/advice?

[Matts 850 GLT]

All FWD Volvos have the following bleeding sequence

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Its been two years and 30,000 miles since my brakes were last bled. The pedal is spongy and I want replace b/fluid and firm up the pedal.

I will use a pressure bleeder and Dot 4 - unless anyone has a better recommendation.

Bay 13 recommend front wheels first then rear (so does Volvo's green book) apparently it helps purge the air out through the rear....any opinion??

Does anyone know what size spanner on the caliper bleed screw? Also there are two bleed screws on the rear do I use both?

Thanks

Matt

[copycat923]

Its been two years and 30,000 miles since my brakes were last bled. The pedal is spongy and I want replace b/fluid and firm up the pedal.

I will use a pressure bleeder and Dot 4 - unless anyone has a better recommendation.

Bay 13 recommend front wheels first then rear (so does Volvo's green book) apparently it helps purge the air out through the rear....any opinion??

Does anyone know what size spanner on the caliper bleed screw? Also there are two bleed screws on the rear do I use both?

Thanks

Matt

Funny, because haynes manual was opposite, I did the rears first then right front left front. I think you need to do both rears, order doesn't matter though. I'm not sure when you mean by spanner, but the fronts needed a 11 mm wrench, rears need a 9mm wrench.

[Matts 850 GLT]

Thanks mate, probably one of those stupid language things, anyway:

Picture 1 = SPANNER

picture 2 = WRENCH

Who cares what its called when you gotta get a job done.

Thanks

Matt