brake pedal 'pump up' question

[Rodriguez]

+1

I have always maintained I can get a better pedal using the traditional method.   Can never 100% trust the vacuum/pressure way of doing it.  Dealers and garages use them purely to save time.

[danny_p]

pressure bleeding is bad for meany reasons,  vacume bleeding works much better.   

vaccume belleding is much nicer way to change the brake fluid  tho  as long as there are two people avalibel it is possoble to bleed a car in the conventional manner pritty damb quickly anyway

[paultownsend]

i think i have found my problem.
today i did my rear bearings. and wound the rear offside caliper back. a little fluid bubbled out of the nipple! i checked the nippple and it was very tight, but i managed to get a few degrees on it. lets hope this was the leek causing the spongyness!
i used new nipples too!