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Originally Posted by dantastic
wow. are you serious? you'll never purge all the air doing that. if fluid isn't constantly coming out or in a steady state (ie by keeping the bleed hose in a jar of brake fluid, etc), air will re-enter the system. what you're describing will work with Speed Bleeder b/c they're one-way valves.
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He's describing what is called 'gravity bleeding', and it will usually work. FYI, you can not gravity bleed if you have Speed Bleeders because the Speed Bleeders have a one-way valve in them that requires pressure to open.