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10-30-2007, 02:03 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Washington MO
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Name : Rick Hice
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Brake Fluid
Just noticed my brake fluid is looking pretty nasty. Is there anything special to flushing an ABS system or should it be taken in for service
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Last edited by C5Rick; 10-30-2007 at 04:05 PM.
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10-30-2007, 03:15 PM
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You may want to get a set of these..
http://www.speedbleeder.com/
The sequence is..RR>LF>LR>RF... You may not get it all out of the ABS..I guess you could go out and lock em up a few times and bleed them again..OR..the dealer, 
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10-30-2007, 04:28 PM
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TampaBay Vettes
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Tampa, Florida
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Name : Jim Kill
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Help on the way!!!
Come over Saturday afternoon about 3:00 and have Insta-Lube do it!!!
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Originally Posted by C5Rick
Just noticed my brake fluid is looking pretty nasty. Is there anything special to flushing an ABS system or should it be taken in for service
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10-30-2007, 04:47 PM
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Just changed mind ,of course I did it,I trust noone  I did it the old school way,just empted the it with a Turkey baster,then fill it up with Syt. brake fluid then bleed the system,it's that easy.20 mins. then your done,brakes fell alot better now,but i only have 20k miles on her.
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10-30-2007, 05:33 PM
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Name : Rich Zuchowski
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If you have a manual transmission, you may want to check the fluid in the clutch reservoir as well.
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10-30-2007, 06:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich Z
If you have a manual transmission, you may want to check the fluid in the clutch reservoir as well.
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The Turkey Baster that B/M mentioned works good on the clutch reservoir...
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10-30-2007, 07:01 PM
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Name : Jim Brackett
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Originally Posted by "Backyard Mechanic"
Just changed mind ,of course I did it,I trust noone I did it the old school way,just empted the it with a Turkey baster,then fill it up with Syt. brake fluid then bleed the system,it's that easy.20 mins. then your done,brakes fell alot better now,but i only have 20k miles on her. |
Watch out Rob, Mary will have you cooking the Turkey next month.
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2008 Black Z51 Coupe
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10-30-2007, 08:08 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jcb_njb
Watch out Rob, Mary will have you cooking the Turkey next month.
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She won't use that turkey baster no more Plus I don't cook that day,my one day to work out,we always do the 5k Turkey Trot,then I come home and can't feel my legs for 2 days Then I stuff my face 
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10-31-2007, 06:45 AM
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It looks funny to see a turkey baster in his tool box 
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10-31-2007, 09:12 PM
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To all, I believe in changing brake fluid every year or two. With ABS and traction control you cannot use silicone brake fluid that prevents corrosion. You have to use glycol based fluid that will attract moisture and corrosion. Changing the fluid becomes very important or you will encourage components wearing out from the moisture made corrosion and wear down of internal parts of the break system. Read up on it and get it changed regularly.
Mort
Citrus County Corvette Club
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