Volkswagen Passat 2015 Manual page 77

Passat 2015 ➤, Passat 2019 ➤, Passat Variant 2015 ➤, Passat Variant 2019 ➤
– Fit again cover cap on bleeder valve of rear left brake cali‐
per.
– Repeat procedure on rear right of vehicle.
Bleeding clutch slave cylinder
Note
Applies only to vehicles with manual gearbox.
– If the bleeder valve -arrow- is not accessible, remove com‐
plete air filter housing.
– ⇒ Rep. gr. 23; Air filter; Removing and installing air filter
housing
Or
– ⇒ Rep. gr. 24; Air filter; Removing and installing air filter
housing
– Remove dust cap from bleeder valve -arrow-.
– Connect bleeder hose to bleeder valve and to pressure hose
of fluid collector bottle.
To bleed system, use 670 mm long bleeder hose -V.A.G 1238/
B3-, if necessary.
– Open bleeder valve.
– Allow approx. 100 ml of brake fluid to flow out.
– Close bleeder valve.
– Rapidly operate pedal from stop to stop 10 to 15 times.
– Open bleeder valve.
– Allow another 50 ml of brake fluid to flow out.
– Close bleeder valve and fit dust cap.
Specified torque
Bleeder valve
– Depress clutch pedal several times after completion of
bleeding process.
– Switch off brake filling and bleeding unit.
– Reinstall air filter housing in reverse order of removal.
– Take filler hose off adapter.
Maintenance - Edition 11.2020
Nm
4.5
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