GraemeA
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Hi all
My 4200 CC is back on the road. It started up without issue, or funny noises, after it's protracted 4 month long repair. It was a bit daunting to drop the transmission and replace the EV1 pipe, though it took much longer to get it all back together. Working under jack stands wasn't the easiest, but it's doable.
My question is that I've seen in severable places that the hydraulics are one way and that the system must be bled after a repair like this. The clutch line was disconnected with the quick disconnect and the EV1 pipe was replaced with another. The system was topped up several times in the process, but at no stage has it been bled. Now back together, I was expecting problems, but it's driving as perfectly as before. No error lights, no funny clutch engagement and even in sport mode the changes are fast and issue free.
There obviously is a return line of sorts, so is it possible any air bubbles have worked the way out of the system? After all the entire EV1 line was empty when installed. At one stage during the repair I overfilled the reservoir and it seemed like a lot of extra fluid overflowed, after I did a few 1-N-R changes. I was assuming it would need a trip to the dealer in Auckland for a gearbox bleed, which I was quoted about 12 hours labour plus materials for.
Thoughts please?
Cheers, Graeme
My 4200 CC is back on the road. It started up without issue, or funny noises, after it's protracted 4 month long repair. It was a bit daunting to drop the transmission and replace the EV1 pipe, though it took much longer to get it all back together. Working under jack stands wasn't the easiest, but it's doable.
My question is that I've seen in severable places that the hydraulics are one way and that the system must be bled after a repair like this. The clutch line was disconnected with the quick disconnect and the EV1 pipe was replaced with another. The system was topped up several times in the process, but at no stage has it been bled. Now back together, I was expecting problems, but it's driving as perfectly as before. No error lights, no funny clutch engagement and even in sport mode the changes are fast and issue free.
There obviously is a return line of sorts, so is it possible any air bubbles have worked the way out of the system? After all the entire EV1 line was empty when installed. At one stage during the repair I overfilled the reservoir and it seemed like a lot of extra fluid overflowed, after I did a few 1-N-R changes. I was assuming it would need a trip to the dealer in Auckland for a gearbox bleed, which I was quoted about 12 hours labour plus materials for.
Thoughts please?
Cheers, Graeme