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I had a power bleeder I got years ago for my BMW and I wanted to also use it for my Hondas.
I cut the air line and got a female quick disconnect coupler for the bleeder side and 2 males for the master cylinder reservoir side so I could easily go between either German or Japanese car.
The Honda cap, I got from Amazon and it fits perfectly on basically any Honda brake master cylinder, having tried it on my current gen Civic Si and CR-V.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MYXAXS5?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
I have always bled my cars at 12 to 15psi and I'm able to easily hold that pressure with no leakage.
ETA: If using this type of bleeder, I strongly recommend you keep an eye on your reservoir fluid level. I typically just unscrew it after bleeding each caliper to top it off and move to the next caliper.
The power bleeder does have a straw that can pull up fluid from inside its built-in reservoir to keep the master cylinder reservoir filled as you go, but I personally don't like using that feature available. I'd rather control the fluid level in the way I described.
You can also use this tool to bleed your clutch slave cylinder. I've done it on my BMW, but I prefer to just gravity bleed the clutch system as it seems to work perfectly fine already
I cut the air line and got a female quick disconnect coupler for the bleeder side and 2 males for the master cylinder reservoir side so I could easily go between either German or Japanese car.
The Honda cap, I got from Amazon and it fits perfectly on basically any Honda brake master cylinder, having tried it on my current gen Civic Si and CR-V.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MYXAXS5?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
I have always bled my cars at 12 to 15psi and I'm able to easily hold that pressure with no leakage.
ETA: If using this type of bleeder, I strongly recommend you keep an eye on your reservoir fluid level. I typically just unscrew it after bleeding each caliper to top it off and move to the next caliper.
The power bleeder does have a straw that can pull up fluid from inside its built-in reservoir to keep the master cylinder reservoir filled as you go, but I personally don't like using that feature available. I'd rather control the fluid level in the way I described.
You can also use this tool to bleed your clutch slave cylinder. I've done it on my BMW, but I prefer to just gravity bleed the clutch system as it seems to work perfectly fine already
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