Customer Reviews

Motive Products Power Bleeder Adapters to fit most European car models

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I have owned the bleeder for about a year and I have used it several times on my cars and several friends' cars. I makes bleeding much, much easier especially when bleeding clutch cylinders as well as the brakes.

I would definitely recommend the longer hose. There are also fittings available for other cars without the screw type reservoir.

One change I have made makes the project even easier... I do not fill the bleeder body with fluid. I use a turkey baster to remove the old fluid from the car's reservoir and I fill it to the brim with new fluid. I use the bleeder to pressurize the system and I check regularly to assure that I do not lower the level and re-insert air to the system. It dramatically save time on clean up - at the expense of having to carefully watch the levels. You also have to re-pressurize if the levels get low. In my mind a small price to avoid the clean up. The reservoir usually takes two refills and re-pressurizations per fluid replacement.

I generally switch colors or the fluid from change to change to make the bleed easier.

I have heartily recommended this product to several friends.

I was hesitant about buying this product. We have a real expensive power bleeder at work and no one uses it very often. We mostly deal with the old style GM brake reservoirs and the adapter is hard to make work with no leaks. At work we just usually have some one help us if the vehicle won't gravity bleed.
I bought this product for home so I did not have to go through the hassle of have my wife "help" me with bleeding the brakes or wait for her to get home if I were alone. This product is built a lot like a bug sprayer with a pressure gage and a proper attachment for European vehicles. I must say it works fabulously. No leaks and is much better at bleeding hydraulic clutches than any other way I have come across. I have not had it very long but seems to be built well enough to last a long time even if you were to use it professionally in a shop. A longer hose would be nice but once you get the bleeder home you will see that you could add more hose relatively easy if you wanted too. I might do so if I used it every day, but for occasional home use I can get by.
If you have been thinking about this but balked at the price. It pays for itself almost the first time in my opinion.

No more waiting on another person to help you pump the brakes -- this power bleeder makes bleeding brakes a one person job. Be careful to not exceed 20 PSI, or the brake fluid may leak from the reservoir (all you really need is 15-17 PSI). One nit: I wish the drain tube included was longer.

I have tried many different bleeding methods and this is the best and fastest I have found. I bleed my brakes once or twice over a race weekend and I can do it in a matter ~10 minutes with this bleeder. I do however have a couple tips:

-Do not fill the tank with brake fluid, that is just asking for dirt and contamination. Instead just use the tank for air pressure.
-Install and air hose quick coupler in the line. The quick coupler allows you to connect and disconnect the bleeder tank to the brake fluid reservoir without losing pressure. This makes it much faster when you have to disconnect the bleeder to add more fluid to the brake fluid reservoir because you don't have to re-pressurize the tank each time. Make sure you keep a good eye on it and dont run it dry.

I use this bleeder to flush brake fluid on my Porsche Cayman S. Connects tightly to the reservoir, pressurizes easily, and cleans up easily. Highly recommended for a DIY brake flush.

This thing is great for bleeding, the only downfall is the shortness of the hose, and I would like to see a nipple you can hook up vacuum to suck fluid back though the line to avoid spilling in engine bay when you are done bleeding.

I own a Porsche 928 S4, the power bleeder allows me to bleed the brakes by myself and its the easiest and cleanest way to do so. It's a great product, at a great price.

Tho it came without instuctions it wasn't hard to figure out.I think if the hose was a little longer you wouldn't have to set the pump in the engine compartment.Hard to get a solid pump holding it in place or when you need to refill.This way any drips would be on the ground,not under the hood.Other than that it works better than the 2 man pumping system.

This power bleeder seems to be well made and does the job it is supposed to do. I had no trouble bleeding the brakes on my BMW.

However, I have a comment on its design. The tubing connecting the tank to the cap is rather large in diameter and quite stiff. It has a "memory" and wants to coil up just as you see in the product photo. I found that it was constantly getting in my way when removing or replacing the hand pump. Granted, once you screw the cap onto the master cylinder, the coiling problem isn't an issue, but once you remove the cap and want to empty the tank or clean it, it is very annoying. My solution to the problem was to remove the clamp securing the tubing to the tank and rotate the tubing 180 degrees. Now, instead of coiling into the pump, it coils away. Also, I don't understand why the tubing diameter is so large because the pickup tube inside the reservoir is very small in diameter and obviously is the limiting factor in the rate of brake fluid flow. Smaller diameter tubing between the tank and cap would be more flexible.

Lastly, since most brake fluid is almost clear it is difficult to see the level in the tank, but that is a minor issue.

We use these in the dealership everyday. They last about 3-4 years with everyday use which is really good considering the price and that it is marketed for do it your selfers.