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Not really, simple process. Always start with the rear left caliper as its the furthest from the brake master.

Grab a clean bottle of brake fluid ( empty if possible ), if you can't get an empty brake fluid bottle grab any clean bottle about the same size and fill it with brake fluid about 1/3 full. Next grab a hose that you can squeeze over the caliper nipple making sure it seals over it properly and is long enough to go to the bottom of the bottle when the car is jacked up and the bottle sitting on the floor.

Jack the jar up, take the wheel off, open the nipple up fully and squeeze the hose onto the nipple and stick the other end in the bottle making sure the hose is inside the brake fluid.

Take the lid off the brake master and pump the pedal until ALMOST all the fluid is gone dont let it go dry, pour in the new fluid into the brake master until its almost overflowing, empty the bottle of old fluid you have sitting on the floor at the wheel and pour some new fluid into there and make sure you place the hose back into the bottle again making sure its inside the fluid. Then you pump the brake pedal SLOWLY 5 or 6 times and that will make sure all the old fluid is out and there is no air in that line.

MAKE SURE YOU CLOSE THE CALIPER NIPPLE COMPLETLEY OFF before you remove the hose from the nipple, once closed remove hose and that caliper is done.

Check the brake master and fill to full line if necessary.

Go to the next caliper, now you place the 10mm ring spanner over the nipple first, then squeeze the hose over the nipple and again place into the bottle of fluid, open the nipple pump 5 or 6 times slowly, always make sure the hose is going down to the bottle and the bottle is LOWER than the caliper, close the nipple off BEFORE you remove the hose and move on to next caliper repeating process.

Easy peasy

The best way to bleed the whole system is with the help of a friend or a little ingenuity.

Do exactly as Mungy suggests but as an additional step, once you've closed the bleed nipple again, pump the brake until the pedal is super firm. Get someone to hold down the pedal (or jam something between the seat and the pedal so there is very firm pressure onto the pedal) then reopen the drain nipple to release the pressure in the line and close it again whilst still being held down. This often forces any extra air out of the line and draws a fresh supply from the reservoir.

After you've finished pumping the pedal always close the bleed nipple whilst the pedal is held to the floor. This makes the system always draw from the reservoir rather than back from the bottle.

Yes that is the way to do it when you have someone available, however working in a dealership a while back we were always working on cars alone, the way I described is faster and can be done with one person only

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