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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 07:53 PM
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Flushing Brake System

Is it a good ideal to completely flush out all the old brake fluid & replace it with new each time you replace brakes?
 
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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 08:29 PM
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Can't Hurt.
If you don't have one research a tool called Mightyvac. It makes life easy and useful for many other things as well.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 09:25 PM
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Brake fluid should be replaced every 18K miles or 2 years, whichever comes first. If you can find a shop with a pressure bleeder, that works wonders (and less of a chance of air getting into a system.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 09:40 PM
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well i am going to brake fluid hell because i have never changed my brake fluid in any vehicle every two years.

sounds a bit **** to me.

i have never seen that in any maintenence schedule for any vehicle, ever.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 10:09 PM
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Yes, and gravity will do the work. just keep an eye the resovor!! Just crack the bleeder closest to the reservoir and so on untill yuo see clean fluid. I use DOT-4 because it has a higher heat range. Good Luck.
 
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