Hrm…so, when using your snazzy power bleeder from bavarian automotive, you note the following:
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You’re unable to get the pressure in the bleeder past 10 psi, no matter how hard you pump the cylinder.
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You’re hearing a strange hissing, dripping sound
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You peer past the master cylinder and reservoir to note the large puddle of brake fluid pooling beneath your car.
Sir, you have two alternatives:
(A) You just asploded your 17-year-old master cylinder by pressurizing the system past the seal tolerance
(B) You didn’t tighten the pressure cap on the reservoir, and it’s been spewing out the top the whole time like an over boiled lobster thermadore.
I’m the bonehead who didn’t tighten the pressure cap. The rest of the bleeding procedure went like a charm.