sixgun95

What has been your experience with the cost to change the brake fluid at both a dealer & indep shop?

semicycler

For reference, Motul RBF600 brake fluid is less than $20 per bottle. So it's all about labor rates. I'd guess a third party would charge about an hour, total job around $200?

Personally I consider this a DIY job. Plus you get to see the condition of the rotors, pads, etc while you are in there.

Spinout

I've had my brakes bled multiple times for track inspections. My dealer charges $150 while my Indy charges me $85. My Indy installs ATE super blue. Should I be looking at Motul or something else?

alexb76

Super Blue color die stains the reservoir and more in the car, specially if not changed that frequently, so I'd suggest Motul, or the same ATE product that is not died Blue (cannot remember the name).

kosmo

My Dealer charges about $140 using the factory fluid (pentosin?).
It takes the tech about 30mins once on the lift.

I bought a motive brake bleeder (http://www.apexperformance.net/prod-949.htm) from apex performance for $67 and DIY.

kosmo

i posted a thread a while back w/ this info:

http://www.lelandwest.com/brake-flui...ison-chart.cfm
I currently have Endless in the car and some Performance Friction RH665 on deck.

kosmo

i used to use that stuff. I think its called ATE 200 (amber) and has a yellow cap.

porka

I purchased endless rf650.. at $40 a bottle its expensive.
I actually would have thought it was more than $140 for the dealer to do it..

kcheves

FYI - ATE Super Blue has been pulled from the market. The DOT 4 standard required brake fluid to be amber, so SB could no longer be labeled as DOT 4. Kind of dumb, but there it is.

My dealer sells Castrol LMA synthetic, which is what I've moved to also.

Lvt19672

Can anyone verify if Porsche brake fluid is Pentosin?

kosmo

its either Pentosin or Ate that makes it for Porsche. Verify w/ your parts guy.
whats important is that the fluid meets the DOT/ISO/SAE specs.

kkswow12

mind you , I am not complaining, I normally do not use the dealer for any work if I can possibly help it... that being said, I had my clutch and brake fluid changed at the dealer ... cost was 85 euros, that was including the 19% tax AND they loaned me a 991 S cab , which I had for about 9.5 hours... think i'll do it again this year...deal

mdrums

BTW..love your avitar...dang!

I do my own brake fluid bleeds or flush. If you need a flush then it will be 2 bottles. It takes about 30min do accomplish this at a shop.

For street and something better than stock Porsche brake fluid go with Motul RBF660. I used Motul for years and it worked great at the track. For the last 2.5 years I've been using Prospeed683. Higher boiling point (for track use) and it great on the rubber seals.