TIL my vacuum brake bleeder was letting air in the whole time

Spent close to 4 hours last Sunday bleeding brakes on my 02 Civic. Could not get a firm pedal no matter how much fluid I pushed through. Finally checked the connections on my Mityvac and found the rubber gasket was cracked. Swapped it out and had a solid pedal in 20 minutes flat. Has anyone else had a tool fail on them like that and send you on a wild goose chase?

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lucas15924d ago

Bet that old gasket had you chasing ghosts.

luna_wells5724d ago

Didn't buy it at first but yeah that was definitely the issue.