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Old Jul 1, 2021 | 11:38 PM
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In my on-going battle with bringing my brakes back, after the ST225 and EBC Brake Hose swap, going on 7 months now,

Is there a special procedure with bleeding brakes on the x400, that's optioned with DSC?
I've went back and forth with iCarSoft support and, was told that my car/module does not support software bleeding.
I also tried TopDon and, was told based on the logs that the scanner supports a later software version (Bosch v8 and above).

I've read that turning off DSC and trying to bleed? In addition to putting a piece of wood under the brake pedal to make sure the seals on the Master Cylinder don't burst?
P.S: Is this also the case for the aftermarket master cylinders? I swapped my OEM one with a Centric.
 
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Old Jul 8, 2021 | 08:00 PM
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I also wanted to know if putting the car on Jack Stands, having the cars in the air and, putting the car in drive, would help in the bleeding process as well?
 
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Old Jul 15, 2021 | 02:12 PM
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Just do a basic 2 person bleed, nothing special about our brake system, you don't need a pump, just basic,
 
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Old Jul 21, 2021 | 01:01 PM
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I used my motive power blessed on my x-type with DSC and it bled easily. I've got an E36 BMW with their equivalent system (ASC+T) that I've never been able to properly bleed much to my frustration, so I feel your pain, but the Jag didn't give any trouble.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2021 | 10:37 AM
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Replaced my brake hoses with Aeroquip hoses and EBC discs and pads and had no trouble bleeding the brakes.
 
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