When is the last time you flushed your brake fluid?
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When is the last time you flushed your brake fluid?
Since the brake fluid is hygroscopic and attracts water, it lowers the temperature that the fluid can tolerate before expanding and locking your brakes.
Usually this should be done every 2 or 3 years, and I wonder when it was the last time you have done this. A bottle of brake fluid is inexpensive and the procedure itself is quite simple, but 2 people should make it easier. So there is not really an excuse not to do it.
Usually this should be done every 2 or 3 years, and I wonder when it was the last time you have done this. A bottle of brake fluid is inexpensive and the procedure itself is quite simple, but 2 people should make it easier. So there is not really an excuse not to do it.
Last edited by TomX8; 03-20-2016 at 06:53 PM.
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BMW's schedule is every 2 years. Their brake lines last a long time due to this.
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Anyone with a Series 2 notice that the brake reservoir has a large float the blocks most of the brake side of the brake/clutch reservoir? My solution for exhausting the old fluid before a flush is to use a dropper with a used WD-40 spray tube attached. It can safely bypass the large float and empty the reservoir prior to bleeding the brake lines - albeit slow. Any other
DIY tools to quickly empty the reservoir without placing large stress on that float?
DIY tools to quickly empty the reservoir without placing large stress on that float?
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Anyone with a Series 2 notice that the brake reservoir has a large float the blocks most of the brake side of the brake/clutch reservoir? My solution for exhausting the old fluid before a flush is to use a dropper with a used WD-40 spray tube attached. It can safely bypass the large float and empty the reservoir prior to bleeding the brake lines - albeit slow. Any other
DIY tools to quickly empty the reservoir without placing large stress on that float?
DIY tools to quickly empty the reservoir without placing large stress on that float?
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I bleed the brakes in my 8 every 2 to 3 months, but I track it at least once per month, so I have to. I bleed the brakes in my other cars every 2 to 3 years and find that to be sufficient.
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Water Foul
Anyone with a Series 2 notice that the brake reservoir has a large float the blocks most of the brake side of the brake/clutch reservoir? My solution for exhausting the old fluid before a flush is to use a dropper with a used WD-40 spray tube attached. It can safely bypass the large float and empty the reservoir prior to bleeding the brake lines - albeit slow. Any other
DIY tools to quickly empty the reservoir without placing large stress on that float?
DIY tools to quickly empty the reservoir without placing large stress on that float?
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