# Bleeding Brakes

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/bleeding-brakes/30780>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [May 21, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bleeding-brakes/30780 "2009-05-21T15:36:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Don355](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@Don355](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Don355)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bleeding-brakes/30780/1 "2009-05-21T15:36:11Z")

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Speaking of bleeding brakes, is it still acceptable/possible to gravity bleed today’s brake lines?

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**Author:** ![vtcodger2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e68b1a/32.png) [@vtcodger2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vtcodger2)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bleeding-brakes/30780/2 "2009-05-21T17:30:56Z")

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**_is it still acceptable/possible to gravity bleed today’s brake lines?_**

As far as I know yes/yes. I haven’t actually done it on anything newer than a 2002 Mazda Protege.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bleeding-brakes/30780/3 "2009-05-21T18:04:07Z")

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Depends on the ABS system. Some allow gravity bleeding while others require an ABS scanner to position the valves to their home position in order to do any kind of brake bleeding

Tester

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**Author:** ![Don355](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@Don355](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Don355)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bleeding-brakes/30780/4 "2009-05-21T18:28:47Z")

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That’s what I was worried about. I do have ABS.

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**Author:** ![meaneyedcatz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/meaneyedcatz/32/692_2.png) [@meaneyedcatz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/meaneyedcatz)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bleeding-brakes/30780/5 "2009-05-22T02:28:42Z")

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Don’t know if if it’s possible with you car but if it is there is nothing wrong with it. I always bleed brakes with the gravity method.