Has anyone used the Autel MaxiAP2000 to bleed brakes post actuator-swap?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by priuslyfe, Jul 2, 2026 at 9:31 PM.

  1. priuslyfe

    priuslyfe Member

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    I swapped the actuator but have not driven it yet because trying to find the best way (read: simplest) to bleed the brakes. I don't have techstream nor a laptop. However, I do have the Autel app which has a actuator-swap function for bleeding brakes. There doesn't seem to much direction online on to use it though.

    thoughts appreciated.
     
    #1 priuslyfe, Jul 2, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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    I haven't used it post actuator-swap, but I've used the same bleeding function in the Autel that you'd use for that, and it worked.

    Techstream actually has two bleeding routines: a shorter one for routine things like changing a caliper, and a longer one in case you worked on the underhood bits (bit of overkill for the routine jobs). The shorter one is the one my AP200 doesn't have; it seems to just have the longer one.
     
    #2 ChapmanF, Jul 2, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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