Motive Products - 0100 European Power Brake Bleeder Kit

I really truly love this device. It is by far both the best and the quickest way to bleed your brakes that I have ever found. I've bought and used every type of bleeder out there, and this style is by far my favorite.I've tried the whole pedal pump method, and let's face it...it sucks. Not only that, but it's actually a good way to kill your master cylinder too! The rod inside the MC is only used to traveling so far, but when you're bleeding your brakes it can easily go too far. It ends up destroying internal seals, and you end up wondering why on earth your brakes won't work anymore no matter what you do.6 months ago I bought a "MityVac"...worst product ever made! Within a few days it was falling apart, and it honestly just never worked all that well to begin with. It actually snapped in half earlier today. I will say that it was better than bleeding your brakes by pumping the pedal, but not by a lot.The only other method I can really highly recommend for brake bleeding is the gravity method. It works wonderfully in almost every situation. I can't say for sure how it works with ABS systems without a scan tool, but it works great in pretty much every normal situation you can think of. The problem, however, is that it takes forever! It's literally a 12-24 hour long process to gravity bleed your brakes. On the plus side, you only need to be there at the beginning and the end, but still...The Power bleeder...requires the absolute least amount of effort, and you can bleed your brakes in like 10 minutes. You fill it up with fluid. You pump up the pressure, and you go around the car cracking each bleeder screw one at a time. The best part? You don't have to keep an eye on the fluid level. You don't have to go add more every few minutes. You don't have to go through a whole setup process at each wheel. You've got pressure going to all 4 wheels, so crack any one of them you like. Actually, you have pressure going to the master cylinder outlets too for that matter! I did a really half...you know what...job of bench bleeding my new master cylinder, but the power bleeder worked just fine with it. I just used the power bleeder to bleed the MC in the car by cracking the line open for a few seconds before moving on to the wheels. It worked great, and I've got a perfectly firm pedal after maybe 10 minutes of work.I can not recommend this product enough!DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON A MITYVAC!!! GET A POWER BLEEDER!!!

Works great with the motiv power bleeder.

My first unit was leaking air at the cap, ordered a second unit and the second one worked great with no leaks. Makes bleeding brakes a breeze.

I have not use it yet

I just used this and the companion bleeder bottle to change out the brake fluid on my VW Tiguan. I have never done this before, but found it to be straightforward and not all that difficult. From the YouTube videos I watched, I knew you don't really need these things, but they make it a lot easier and less chance of messing things up by getting air in the master cylinder. Some points:1) As the top comment says, there is no swivel between the cap and the pump. You should have the adapter part fairly snug with tape on the fittings (same as you would use in plumbing) before you put it under pressure. I only did it hand tight and did have some minor leakage (no big deal, just put a paper towel under it). When you put the cap on the fluid reservoir, you have to turn the whole bottle along with it. Not too much of a problem without fluid already in it, but a bit of a pain if you dumped a bunch in.2) Things you will need besides this and brake fluid: Lots of paper shop towels. Brake fluid is nasty stuff. You want to clean it off off any surface or yourself quickly. A cheap turkey baster. Get the old fluid out of the reservoir and have a bottle to put it in. Denatured alcohol. This is stuff you find in a Home Depot paint section. Use it to clean the bleeder and the bottle. The directions make a point of saying to use that instead of brake cleaner.

As the title states, I thought I was in heaven after using this thing 3 times. I purchased this unit along with the proper cap for my application. Worked beautifully! Bled all four corners myself in about 20 min. This thing was awesome! Upon attempting a fourth use, seal at reservoir would not hold, resulting in brake fluid overflow no matter what I did. Again, I used this system three times before with absolutely no issue, then on the fourth use, could not use it at all as it would not seal on the reservoir. So, this isn't a noob mistake. I could not get it to seal. It was always difficult to get the cap screwed on to the reservoir as it was very tight, but I was always careful not to damage anything, and I got a perfect seal for three past jobs. Fourth use however, total garbage, and I'm not making amateur mistakes, nor do I have weak complaints about tubing not having swivels, not being able to figure out how to twist the handle to unlock from the cap to be able to pressurize the tank, not realizing that I had to buy the proper cap for my car, or any other retarded stuff most backyard mechanics can't figure out on their own. I know what I'm doingYou may have better luck than me, but eventually you will ruin your plastic reservoir using this product. As difficult as it is to rotate the cap to lock down, you will be deceived into thinking you are not tight enough when you attempt to pressurize the tank for the first time, will have a fluid overflow mess, and will attempt to tighten the cap further resulting in chewed up lugs on the reservoir to the point that your reservoir cap will not even be able to be used.I would strongly advise against purchasing this product. I am out my time and a $175 dollar master cylinder because of this piece of garbage.Motive, figure out how to make a seal without needing 50ft-lbs of torque to screw the cap on and maybe you'll have happier customers. It's a seal, not rocket science. Fire your retarded engineers and contact me if you'd like my design and I'll sell it to you. You also owe me for several hours of my time, a new, $175 master cylinder, and book time to have that installed and the system bled yet again, so you'll be hearing from me directly very soon anyway.