how to flush brake fuid??

[RaGe]

Been reading through all of this crap and there is still no exact answer that i am comfortable with.

 

using replacement type brake fluid DOT 3, approx how much to fully flush system? Two big bottles that you would get at autozone? i dont auto X or anything like that. Just a spiritual driver.

 

And using the battle buddy system what method would you recomend to flush the old brake fluid out? 70K and figured i am bleeding the caliper anyways from where i had to replace a sticky worn out caliper so why not flush the system out and put new in.

 

SO a recap from all of this useless writing above

 

How much DOT 3 brake fluid to do a system flush of the whole system?

 

how to flush?

 

I know the obvious, dont get air in the master blah blah blah.

[magnetic1]

One "big" bottle will be plenty. If you can, get some Valvoline SynPower DOT4. Should last you a good bit longer after this change

 

Get a turkey baster. Suck out as much as you can from the reservoir. Fill with new fluid. Then goto each corner and bleed w/ buddy. Careful not to pump the pedal too fast or hard. You want those bubbles intact.

[RaGe]

so give the master a BJ but dont run it too dry right? I am going to autozone. Gotta get the car back as it has been down for a week. i need it back so i cant wait anymore. so if autozone does not sell it i am not getting it.

[RaGe]

ahhh they sell it.

 

stock lines an all. this is ok?

 

http://www.autozone.com/R,NONAPP5036/store,752/shopping/accessoryProductDetail.htm

[Billy Dagwood]

here are some helpful videos

 

http://videos.hspn.com/?videoid=44&catid=1

[magnetic1]

ahhh they sell it.

 

stock lines an all. this is ok?

 

http://www.autozone.com/R,NONAPP5036/store,752/shopping/accessoryProductDetail.htm

 

 

That's it, but that is the small bottle. You'll need two of those.

[RaGe]

kewl. so then just bleed all 4 and thats it?

[PhilT]

kewl. so then just bleed all 4 and thats it?

 

In the correct order of course

[bsdzine]

dumb question: aren't our LGT's DOT 4 fluid?

[fweasel]

yada yada yada

[LittleBlueGT]

Keep in mind, there is a single hardline running to the rear calipers that Y's before splitting to each rear wheel. Moral of the story, the first rear wheel will take a while to get clear fluid through, but the second will go much faster as you're only flushing the shorter leg after the Y.

 

What? Usually your info is spot on, but............

 

How can you have 4 channel ABS with one rear line?

 

At any rate our cars have two rear lines one for each side. It takes longer to flush the first side because you are also flushing the master cylinder and proportioning valve (maybe the ABS too), the second rear line that is flushed is only the rear line, so it goes faster.

[outahere]

..........i dont auto X or anything like that. Just a spiritual driver.........

 

God bless you

[RaGe]

i was wondering if anyone would catch that

[RaGe]

also the correct order qouted for accuracy.

 

http://legacygt.com/forums/showpost.php?p=411073&postcount=19

[fweasel]

What? Usually your info is spot on, but............

 

How can you have 4 channel ABS with one rear line?

You are correct, I got bad info.

[LittleBlueGT]

You are correct, I got bad info.

 

 

No worries.

 

 

So that puts us at me right : you right.......................2:10;)

[RaGe]

well got it all flushed and new caliper put on. the Valvoline makes the petal feel a little bit different but brakes are grabby like before. picked up on big bottle and had some left over.