clutch fluid change.
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clutch fluid change.
Was just doing some maintenance stuff on my 2000 C5 with 31,000. miles on it. Was going to replace as much clutch fluid as possible using the 'Ranger method" as it is probably the original 18 year old fluid. My understanding is to suck out fluid from master but not all the way to bone dry (to prevent air from getting into system) refill, pump clutch peddle 30 times or so and repeat till fluid is clear.
Question is what fluid to use? Manual says use "Hydraulic Clutch fluid (GM Part No. 12345347 OR equivalent DOT-3 Brake fluid) Looked on net with GM part number and kept came coming up with "discontinued"
Another member said that there is an additive in the GM fluid and that you should'nt use DOT-3. May not have choice though?
Also read somewhere that GM now recommends DOT-4 (maybe synthetic?) for all corvette clutch fluid.
What would you recommend?
Thanks!
Question is what fluid to use? Manual says use "Hydraulic Clutch fluid (GM Part No. 12345347 OR equivalent DOT-3 Brake fluid) Looked on net with GM part number and kept came coming up with "discontinued"
Another member said that there is an additive in the GM fluid and that you should'nt use DOT-3. May not have choice though?
Also read somewhere that GM now recommends DOT-4 (maybe synthetic?) for all corvette clutch fluid.
What would you recommend?
Thanks!
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brake fluid works fine, personally I'm not a fan of the so called "ranger" method... I guess it's better than absolutely nothing at all but I still think it's a waste of time and money since you will be going through bottles of fluid trying to make it stay clean and it never will unless you get the crud out of the master and slave... I'd rather get it fully flushed once the right way and be done with it
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brake fluid works fine, personally I'm not a fan of the so called "ranger" method... I guess it's better than absolutely nothing at all but I still think it's a waste of time and money since you will be going through bottles of fluid trying to make it stay clean and it never will unless you get the crud out of the master and slave... I'd rather get it fully flushed once the right way and be done with it
