Hi all I've gotta bleed my brakes tomorrow but so I've been told the manual says to bleed the front brakes 1St. Is this a Haynes are you paying attention joke as I've always bled the rear 1St?????????????

If you are just doing a fluid change technically is makes very little difference. But is you start from the furthest away from the MC and work your way forward you won't go far wrong.

I've been changing the rear calipers as they'd only rewind with a 2 ft set of stillsons & then were binding on. So I just changed them. But I've got air in the lines unfortunately

Had the same issue and just had to bleed the rears.

I did use a brake pipe clamp to stop the air getting in.

Depends if you used a clap or not I'd say, but best practice is to bleed all of them.

You shouldn't really be clamping brake pipes.

However providing the fluid level hasn't dropped dramatically the only air will be in the new caliper. A straight forward bleed on the two rears will be fine.

I've been changing the rear calipers as they'd only rewind with a 2 ft set of stillsons & then were binding on. So I just changed them. But I've got air in the lines unfortunately

Did you find somewhere that sells the calipers at a reasonable price? Mine are pretty shot and should really be replaced too.

I just bought 2 from a yard I use £20 each

Some words of wisdom in the link below.

http://workshop-manuals.com/skoda/octavia-mk2/brake_systems/brakes_hydraulics_regulator_servo/bleeding_brake_system/bleeding_the_brake_system_of_air_with_the_brake_filling_and_bleeding_device/