PAULSPEED

Here is a picture of the Porsche brakes I saved.
Bles are in the back. The yellow and orange in
the front are over $700 new.
Paul

Paul S.

FWIW, if you've done a fluid flush on any past Porsche built in the last 10 years, I don't know why everyone is so in love with ATE blue. I used it the first time I ever did a fluid flush, and the blue gets diluted by the stock amber colored fluid, so it's not like the draining fluid goes from amber to blue.

I find it is actually easier to stick with amber colored--first you can see a difference between the old and new fluid (if the old's been in there awhile; it's tougher if you're tracking and changing fluid every or every other track event). Also, my rule of thumb is to visually drain 12 ounces from the farthest away caliper, which gets fresh fluid through the system and then drain about 4-6 ounces from the remaining 3 brake calipers. It's not like you can reuse any fluid left over from the liter you just opened. Works like a charm, and you have no blue fluid staining of the brake fluid reservoir or if you use it, the motive power bleeder and your bleeder hose.

But if blue makes you feel better or is easier for you, go for it.

Edgy01

Thanks, Paul. The way you describe it is the way I've been bleeding brakes on Porsches since the 1970s. Concur on being able to see the clarity of the fresh stuff easier by sticking to it.

JW911

My experience with the blue was indeed that the color of the fluid instantly went from amber to blue when the fresh fluid came through. No dilution.