After bleeding all four wheels, turn off the car (but don't open the door), wait at least three minutes and then bleed all four wheels again. Although the order of wheels seems different than usual but no problem there. I think I get the gist of it now, from a procedural standpoint it's simply put the car in READY mode and then bleed all four wheels using the normal brake bleeding process. I don't think any of us will be changing our brake fluid this week! But it's good information to have for the future. Thanks, and by the way no rush answering these questions, take your time. The first round accomplishes bleeding between tandem motor and caliper, and the second round accomplishes bleeding between the pedal feel simulator and brake caliper. I reread your post, (sorry not full night's sleep yet), the two rounds of bleeding seemed explanatory. So if you open the driver door you may activate this filling (follows is my hunch) mixing the clean brake fluid you just flushed in with the old that is still there.ĮDIT. (I guess hybrids because they run with ICE off, that this accumulator system is somehow necessary). That sound is actually the brake system filling some sort of accumulator. I know when you open the driver door on the Prius v you will immediately hear a pumping sound. First one is a '12 Toyota Prius v, 2nd '13 Ford C-MAX Energi. So we are "luckily" not new to the hybrid/PHEV world. I definitely reminded him of the "slowly" more than once). (I didn't note it in the posts because it was a puzzle to me why it failed to push out fluid at times. While my son is actually really bright, (2nd year college at 16), he seemed to have trouble with the slowly part. Instructions note when depressing the brake pedal a few times to build pressure, to do so "slowly". I can't say with firm understanding why two rounds are necessary. I was worried the translation from Japanese to English may have lost some meaning, so from turning the car OFF (with door closed when we turned it off) we did not dare open the driver, (nor any other), door until I finished all four wheels. I remember it saying not to open the door after three minutes. 1st round is brake pedal Power button ON, so you can shift/press D and drive, that ON. It's the middle of the night and I'm laying in "bed", a little tired to get up and tinker with my ancient computer which takes forever just to wake up. I realize you may not have answers to all of these questions. I haven't had a chance to look, but what is between those items and what do you do there? Are those two separate places to add replacement brake fluid while draining at the calipers?Īlso any idea why you can't open the door for three minutes after turning off the car prior to round 2? What happens if your assistant accidentally opens the door too early, do you have to do round 1 all over again? Or do you just have to turn the car on and off again and wait another three minutes.Īfter three minutes is it okay to open the door prior to starting round 2? "1st round is noted as between tandem motor cylinder and brake caliperĢnd round is between pedal feel simulator and brake caliper" I didn't understand what was meant when you said: Is that what you were referring to or did you mean READY mode? In the Clarity owners manual, ON refers to the mode where the power button is pressed twice without pressing the brake pedal. I have some questions about your notes there: Thanks for the link to the other discussion.
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