Unable to bleed clutch on FE 450

Hi all, I just put in a new output cylinder for the clutch due to a hairline crack in the cylinder cover, I put in all new cylinder, o'rings, cover and bleeder nipple. I have tried to bleed the clutch by removing the bleeder nipple and using a syringe to fill and push the air back through the line up to the reservoir. the problem is that i get up that much pressure that the fluid runs back past the plunger on the syringe without any fluid getting to the reservoir. I did notice a kink mark in the clutch line so I was wondering if that would be blocking the flow of the fluid back to the reservoir even though the line is still straight.

Thanks in advance for your help.

P.S. was hoping to ride this weekend but all gone to **** now LOL :furious:

Thanks for your response Taffy, I will try your suggestions.

Just a late update Taffy, it was the lever just touching the gurd, thanks heaps for the insight.