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Review on πŸš— Motive Products 0100 European Power Brake Bleeder Kit - Efficient Brake System Maintenance for European Vehicles by Shawn Quick

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Chewed a plastic container on the 4th use, not closed, liquid overflowed.

As the name suggests I thought I was in heaven after using this thing 3 times. I bought this device together with a suitable case for my application. It worked wonderfully! I pumped all four corners in about 20 minutes. It was wonderful! On my fourth use, the seal in the reservoir wouldn't stay on causing the brake fluid to overflow no matter what I did. Again, I've used this system three times already with no problems, and on my fourth use I couldn't use it at all as it didn't seal the reservoir. So it's not a noob's fault. I couldn't get it to seal. It was always difficult to screw the cap onto the tank as it was very tight but I always tried not to damage anything and on the last 3 jobs I got a perfect seal. The fourth use, however, is complete rubbish and I don't make amateur mistakes, nor do I have faint complaints about the lack of rotary joints on the tube, the inability to figure out how to turn the knob to unlock the cap so I can squeeze build up. Tank without knowing I had to buy a proper cap for my car, or some other bullshit crap most shop mechanics can't figure out on their own. I know what I am doing. You may be luckier than me, but you will end up ruining your plastic tank with this product. As hard as it is to twist the cap to secure it, you will fool that you are not tight enough when you try to pressurize the tank the first time, you will have an overflow mess and try to tighten the lid. This gnaws at the protrusions on the tank so badly that the tank cover can no longer even be used. I strongly advise against purchasing this product. I lost my time and $175 master cylinder to this piece of junk. Motivation, find out how to make a seal without requiring 50 ft/lb of torque to unscrew the cap and you might have happier customers. This is printing, not rocket science. Fire your lagging engineers and contact me if you like my design and I will sell it to you. You also owe me a few hours of my time, a new $175 master cylinder and some free time to install it and bleed the system again, so hear from me direct anyway.

Pros
  • Few competitors
Cons
  • Good but not great