# Bleeding brakes

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/bleeding-brakes/44086>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** bravada, oldsmobile\
**Created:** [February 8, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bleeding-brakes/44086 "2010-02-08T14:12:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jeff\_lowell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@jeff\_lowell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jeff_lowell)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bleeding-brakes/44086/1 "2010-02-08T14:12:34Z")

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when bleeding the brakes(on a 2000 olds.bravada),or any vehicle,should you have the motor running,or doesn’t it matter one way or the other?

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**Author:** ![willey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9adbd/32.png) [@willey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/willey)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bleeding-brakes/44086/2 "2010-02-08T14:47:50Z")

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No, you don’t need the motor running.