How do you bleed breaks on a 240 Volvo?

Answer 1

Takes 2 people, 1 to press and hold the brake pedal while the other is under the car. Start with the wheel furthest from the brake fluid reservoir and work your way to the closest wheel. Each area behind the wheel has a bleeder valve that is about an 8 mm open/closed end wrench. Use a rag to catch overflow and then begin. Loosen the valve just enough to let fluid out and ask helper to press AND hold the brake pedal down. You then loosen for just a millisecond as fluid or air comes out then tighten. Ask helper to let up on the pedal. Then have helper press and hold pedal again. While the brake pedal is down you then loosen then tighten the valve. Continue until a solid flow of fluid shoots out of the bleeder valve. Often in the beginning it will only be air, the air and fluid then eventually fluid. Work your way then to the other rear wheel, then front passenger side probably then finally front driver's side. Dont forget to add fluid along the way to make up for what you are shooting out of the valves. Slowly your helper should be feeling a much tighter stiffer brake pedal. Then you are done! Of course this is all easier if you jack up the car as you work.