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Old Apr 22, 2022 | 06:06 PM
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It won't bleed the EBCM , but after your flush, go out and make some stops hard enough to activate the anti skid. That will flush some of the new fluid through the ECBM. After that if the master cylinder fluid gets cloudy, syringe it out and replace.

For you, a good practice would be to syringe out and replace the master cylinder fluid every oil change or once a year whichever comes first. At the same time do that to the power steering fluid reservoir with full synthetic PS fluid like Red Line. Use a different syringe for PS fluid-
Those turkey basters work great!! Each time I've pulled the front cover, I use it to remove all the PS fluid I can. Yeah, I can see you wouldn't want to contaminate the brake fluid with PS fluid. It probably wouldn't matter much if a little brake fluid was in the PS fluid, but not vice versa. Thanks for the suggestions.........
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While it hasn't happened to me with the Corvette, I have had multiple other vehicles where not changing the brake fluid has resulted in corroded master cylinder bores, with the associated internal leakage, and at least one seized master cylinder -- the seized master cylinder occurred immediately after a dealer mechanic strenuously suggested a brake flush, and I declined.
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Originally Posted by grinder11
Those turkey basters work great!! ..
Use a 60cc syringe to remove fluid. Its much cleaner and less dripping than the turkey baster. This way you know how much fluid is removed, so you know how much to replace.

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