Do you have to pump the brakes?

[Casey B]

Just to be sure are you saying you create a loop with the hose from the bleeder back to the reservoir in the MC and then as the air is displaced by fresh fliud being pumed in the remaing fluid from the hose goes back into the reservoir?

I used a jar and a hose and do each wheel starting with the farthest and work forward each time letting the air out and the hose stays under the level of the fluid in the jar/can so as to not draw air back into the cylinder if I do not close it off right away or on the downstroke.