My car (04 Accord, manual trans), needed some maintenance so I decided to give it a shot myself yesterday. This was my first time working on a car so I expected some issues to popup. I changed the transmission fluid, rotated the tires, and was going to try and flush the brake fluid.
First I sucked out all the old brake fluid I could from the resevoir and replaced it with new fluid. Then I took off the right rear wheel, hooked up tubing to the bleeder screw, and loosened it a little bit while my friend had slight pressure on the brake pedal. He then pressed down and fluid came out and I tightened the bleeder screw back up. However the brake pedal stayed down at that point. I wasn't sure whether or not that was supposed to happen so I put the wheel back on and turned on the engine and the pedal returned.
Am I supposed to have the engine running while my friend pumps the brakes to do this? Was I doing something completely stupid?
Thanks!
First I sucked out all the old brake fluid I could from the resevoir and replaced it with new fluid. Then I took off the right rear wheel, hooked up tubing to the bleeder screw, and loosened it a little bit while my friend had slight pressure on the brake pedal. He then pressed down and fluid came out and I tightened the bleeder screw back up. However the brake pedal stayed down at that point. I wasn't sure whether or not that was supposed to happen so I put the wheel back on and turned on the engine and the pedal returned.
Am I supposed to have the engine running while my friend pumps the brakes to do this? Was I doing something completely stupid?
Thanks!