A liter is not an unreasonable amount..maybe even another half liter too.
changed brake fluid
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Burning Brakes
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changed brake fluid
complete newb on this. must have owned about twenty cars in my lifetime and never changed the brake fluid. after reading some threads here, I decided to do it. I pumped in a full liter of new fluid using the brake pumping method. 16 to 20 pumps per wheel. the fluid coming out only turned clear on the final wheel. I realized that if I kept removing fluid at each wheel, it would have taken at least three times the fluid and three times the time to do get it clear at each wheel. if I pumped in a
liter of fluid in a system that takes half that, it must be pretty clean. btw, my car is a 08 z51 car. everything seems fine. brakes feel about the same as they did prior to the change. car has 57k miles. I hope it was worth doing but right now, not so sure. thoughts?
liter of fluid in a system that takes half that, it must be pretty clean. btw, my car is a 08 z51 car. everything seems fine. brakes feel about the same as they did prior to the change. car has 57k miles. I hope it was worth doing but right now, not so sure. thoughts?
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complete newb on this. must have owned about twenty cars in my lifetime and never changed the brake fluid. after reading some threads here, I decided to do it. I pumped in a full liter of new fluid using the brake pumping method. 16 to 20 pumps per wheel. the fluid coming out only turned clear on the final wheel. I realized that if I kept removing fluid at each wheel, it would have taken at least three times the fluid and three times the time to do get it clear at each wheel. if I pumped in a
liter of fluid in a system that takes half that, it must be pretty clean. btw, my car is a 08 z51 car. everything seems fine. brakes feel about the same as they did prior to the change. car has 57k miles. I hope it was worth doing but right now, not so sure. thoughts?
liter of fluid in a system that takes half that, it must be pretty clean. btw, my car is a 08 z51 car. everything seems fine. brakes feel about the same as they did prior to the change. car has 57k miles. I hope it was worth doing but right now, not so sure. thoughts?
Burning Brakes
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Years ago I did a 150-0 stop in my C5. The brake pedal went to mush after that since I boiled the brake fluid. The fluid was probably 6-7 years old at that time. So yes, it can happen.
I just flushed the fluid in my 2008 c6. If you track it/go fast, I would recommend it.
I just flushed the fluid in my 2008 c6. If you track it/go fast, I would recommend it.
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complete newb on this. must have owned about twenty cars in my lifetime and never changed the brake fluid. after reading some threads here, I decided to do it. I pumped in a full liter of new fluid using the brake pumping method. 16 to 20 pumps per wheel. the fluid coming out only turned clear on the final wheel. I realized that if I kept removing fluid at each wheel, it would have taken at least three times the fluid and three times the time to do get it clear at each wheel. if I pumped in a
liter of fluid in a system that takes half that, it must be pretty clean. btw, my car is a 08 z51 car. everything seems fine. brakes feel about the same as they did prior to the change. car has 57k miles. I hope it was worth doing but right now, not so sure. thoughts?
liter of fluid in a system that takes half that, it must be pretty clean. btw, my car is a 08 z51 car. everything seems fine. brakes feel about the same as they did prior to the change. car has 57k miles. I hope it was worth doing but right now, not so sure. thoughts?
Bill
