Rust weakened one of the two brake lines running to the rear wheels on a 1998 Buick Regal and a brake line broke open. So I replaced both brake lines, leaving the front brake lines intact.
After installing the brake lines, I bled the right front/left rear without difficulty.
But the right rear/left front either bleed spurts of air, liquid spurts, air/liquid spurts or worse, bleed nothing on multiple successive brake pedal pushes; where apparently pressure is entirely absent on the down stroke of the brake pedal.
There are two bleeder valves on the anti-lock braking assembly. The one bleeds 'normally', presumably the one feeding the working right front/left rear circuit. The other one sometimes bleeds fluid, sometimes fluid/air, sometimes nothing at all, just like the right rear/left front pair.
There was no issue with braking on this vehicle before the brake line broke. The vehicle did not pull to one side when braking and it had a 'high' brake pedal.
I replaced brake lines on a '99 Regal two months ago without incident and it runs fine today.
Is there a hidden bleeder for the master cylinder that I missed? Something else?
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