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When you're being a road warrior on the highway, are you worried that your brakes are going to fail you in a pinch? Well, before you get stuck in a mess, I'm going to show you how to properly bleed your brakes this morning. If your brakes are getting mushy, you might have air in your brake lines, and you need to bleed the air out. The bleeder screws are at the wheels, so you take off a wheel to access the bleeder screw. The bleeder screws have little rubber caps, which you pull off.
Now, here's where the problem lies. The bleeder screw is down here at the bottom, but the air wants to go up and stay up. It doesn't want to come down here. It's simple physics: when air is introduced to a system, it wants to rise, not fall. But I found a tool called the Phoenix injector that works with the air instead of against it. It pushes it up so it naturally flows out. You just put the magnet on the wheel so the canister hangs free and doesn't spill. Then you go to the bleeder valve with a wrench and turn it about a quarter of a turn to open it, and put the end of the tool on it. Then you just pump the handle, and it pumps fluid into the system. The fluid is pumped in the system, and the air gets pumped upwards, where it normally wants to go. Then the air just gets pumped through all the lines and comes out the top of the brake master cylinder. So the air is with all the other air, where it belongs.
What I like best about this injector is that it makes brake bleeding a one-man job, and I hate working with other people. So if you're worried about mushy brakes getting you in trouble, now you can be a real road warrior, knowing your brakes won't fail you on the road. This is Scotty Kilmer. Up and you crank it up, and remember, if you have any car questions, just visit scottykilmer.com.