Brake Job -- parts needed
#32
Suggest you return the fluid in the picture
and get the blue fluid. You need to bleed the brakes every two
years and it is easier to bleed when the blue comes out.
The hardest part of doing the brakes is taking the tires off and
putting them on. Everything else is simple.
Paul
and get the blue fluid. You need to bleed the brakes every two
years and it is easier to bleed when the blue comes out.
The hardest part of doing the brakes is taking the tires off and
putting them on. Everything else is simple.
Paul
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.
#33
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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.