Sponge Bob brakes......

[Jim S.]

Sorry about the title, couldn't resist. It has come the time this summer to exchange the dot 4 fluid in the Roadrunner. I always do that in all my cars about every three years. What I would like to know is, how you guys do it? I usually suck it out of the master with a turkey baster and pour in the new stuff. Then start at the back pass. side with a hand pump (mity vac) until I figure it is all out of the lines (refilling the master of course). I never really know if it is all out. I don't feel the need to buy the high buck ATE blue stuff. Maybe a drop or so of food coloring? Just wondering what everyone else does...........?

 

[69hemibeep]

Old school, open all the bleeders with a piece of vacuum hose to a container and let gravity empty the lines and then bleed until clean. Just don't go and put DOT 5 in the system unless you like jelly for brake fluid. Sponge Bob :toetap:

 

[moparchris]

I remove the fluid just like you do, then I flush it with denatured alcohol. Then fill with fresh fluid and bleed.

 

[69hemibeep]

I remove the fluid just like you do, then I flush it with denatured alcohol. Then fill with fresh fluid and bleed.

Why would you take the nature out of alcohol :acme: :jester:

 

[droptop]

Does brake fluid go bad?? Can't say that I have ever changed fluid other than when installing new brakes.

 

[69hemibeep]

Does brake fluid go bad?? Can't say that I have ever changed fluid other than when installing new brakes.

Moisture can condense in the lines.

 

[Jim S.]

Does brake fluid go bad?? Can't say that I have ever changed fluid other than when installing new brakes.

Moisture can condense in the lines.

Yep, that's the main reason I do it. Also it keeps you a step ahead of the "frozen bleeder" problem. Even with anti-seize, those damn things always seem to get corroded over time.

 

[69hemibeep]

Does brake fluid go bad?? Can't say that I have ever changed fluid other than when installing new brakes.

Moisture can condense in the lines.

Yep, that's the main reason I do it. Also it keeps you a step ahead of the "frozen bleeder" problem. Even with anti-seize, those damn things always seem to get corroded over time.

Whats this frozen word you speak of

 

[george68hemirr]

jim....i think bob is saying frostbite/frozen....brrrrr

 

[moparchris]

I remove the fluid just like you do, then I flush it with denatured alcohol. Then fill with fresh fluid and bleed.

Why would you take the nature out of alcohol :acme: :jester:

That makes it no fun to drink. That doesn't stop some people though. :lmao:

 

[Jim S.]

jim....i think bob is saying frostbite/frozen....brrrrr

Yeah, it's been below zero all stinking week. Maybe some day it will get up to 32° again. I'll be thinking of Bob in July when he can't leave his house until midnight.

 

[69hemibeep]

jim....i think bob is saying frostbite/frozen....brrrrr

Yeah, it's been below zero all stinking week. Maybe some day it will get up to 32° again. I'll be thinking of Bob in July when he can't leave his house until midnight.

I'm going to spend the summer with my uncle Jim

 

[Big John]

Does brake fluid go bad?? Can't say that I have ever changed fluid other than when installing new brakes.

Moisture can condense in the lines.

Yep, that's the main reason I do it. Also it keeps you a step ahead of the "frozen bleeder" problem. Even with anti-seize, those damn things always seem to get corroded over time.

The moisture is absorbed into the brake fluid. The boiling point drops dramatically as the moisture level increases.

 

[mannye]

I remove the fluid just like you do, then I flush it with denatured alcohol. Then fill with fresh fluid and bleed.

Why would you take the nature out of alcohol :acme: :jester:

Who put the straw in strawberries? Who put the ape in apricot?