Well I did a gravity bleed on my 330xi, 545i manual, and the 3.0 e53 x5 and had zero issues. Even my beater Passat 1.8 wagon got a gravity bleed.
Until I understand why people using bleeders are having these problemsr this is how I will do my brakes. It does take longer but you get a feel for how fast it is dripping on and you can check in on it every ten or fifteen minutes to keep the res topped off. I don't let it get much lower than the max line while doing this.
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