brake fluid change
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Melting Slicks
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brake fluid change
got the speed valves on the 2000 vette for easy brake fluid change - if the new fluid is the same color as the old, how do I know when new fluid is coming through the brake line? can't let the reservoir get empty, correct?
Pro
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From: chandler az
Yes, don't let the resevoir go dry or you will be starting all over again.
Melting Slicks
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From: Middletown CT
I like using the Ate brake fluid. It has good temperature specs., is reasonably priced, and comes in blue or yellow, so if you alternate colors, it's easy to tell when the old fluid has been flushed out.
Be sure to bleed them in the correct sequence.
Originally posted by Bill Dearborn:
"RR, LR, RF, LF for C5s 97-00. After that it goes to RR, LF, LR, RF due to switching to a dual diagonal brake system."
Be sure to bleed them in the correct sequence.
Originally posted by Bill Dearborn:
"RR, LR, RF, LF for C5s 97-00. After that it goes to RR, LF, LR, RF due to switching to a dual diagonal brake system."
Melting Slicks
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From: Middletown CT
That is true. A Tech 2 is needed which means a trip to the dealer or Corvette shop that has one. There is a method that the DIY'er can use that is described in another thread. It requires putting the rear of the car on jack stands and running it in gear with the active handling and traction control turned on. If you're REALLY careful I guess it 's OK, but I think I'll just pay to have it done.
Racer
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From: Milwaukee WI
It can absorb water and still be the same color. It doesn't necessarily turn dark when it's bad. Although if it IS dark you definitely want to flush it.
I like the ATE as well since it comes in different colors.
You can just flush out what you can w/o activating ABS, and as your ABS works the fluid will get cycled and go through next time. You'll never get it perfectly flushed.
I like the ATE as well since it comes in different colors.
You can just flush out what you can w/o activating ABS, and as your ABS works the fluid will get cycled and go through next time. You'll never get it perfectly flushed.
Tech Contributor
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From: Dyer, IN
Strange. I wonder why the service manual has a procedure for manual bleeding, and pressure bleeding?.......and only requires an automated bleed using a tech 2 in cases where air has been introduced upstream of the EBCM or when the EBCM has been replaced....
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