My car having 30,000 miles, I decided it was time to replace the old brake fluid.
All I can say it was fairly easy. Having bled my motorcycle brakes all the time, I couldn' think this could be harder.
Anyways, if you wanna do it yourself and not need anyone's help, I recommend you buying yourself a MightyVac brake bleeder pump... $40ish at PepBoys. It comes with a series of fittings, different size hoses and everything
The way this pump thingy works, is, you connect one end of the hose to the bleeder nipple, the other end to a little airtight brake fluid container, and the other end to the pump. The pump creates a vacuum, which sucks the brake fluid out of the caliper and brake lines and into the container, which relieves you from a buddy having to pump the brake pedal for you.
You'll also need 1.5 quarts of DOT 4 brake fluid. I found some Valvoline SynPower DOT4 synthetic fluid (dry boiling point = 480F). I plan doing this once a year so this should suffice
Or pick your brake fluid of choice:
Get some brake cleaner (brake fluid is nasty ish and eats paint) and rags.
The bleeder nipple screw in the Brembo calipers is 11mm. So get yourself an 11mm box wrench.
All I can say it was fairly easy. Having bled my motorcycle brakes all the time, I couldn' think this could be harder.
Anyways, if you wanna do it yourself and not need anyone's help, I recommend you buying yourself a MightyVac brake bleeder pump... $40ish at PepBoys. It comes with a series of fittings, different size hoses and everything
The way this pump thingy works, is, you connect one end of the hose to the bleeder nipple, the other end to a little airtight brake fluid container, and the other end to the pump. The pump creates a vacuum, which sucks the brake fluid out of the caliper and brake lines and into the container, which relieves you from a buddy having to pump the brake pedal for you.
You'll also need 1.5 quarts of DOT 4 brake fluid. I found some Valvoline SynPower DOT4 synthetic fluid (dry boiling point = 480F). I plan doing this once a year so this should suffice
Or pick your brake fluid of choice:
Code:
ARRANGED BY DRY BOILING POINT:
DRY:401F -- WET:284F --- DOT3 MINIMUM (GLYCOL BASE)
DRY:446F -- WET:311F --- DOT4 MINIMUM (GLYCOL BASE)
DRY:500F -- WET:356F --- DOT5 MINIMUM (SILICONE BASE)
DRY:500F -- WET:356F --- DOT5.1 MINIMUM (GLYCOL BASE)
DRY:527F -- WET:302F --- AP RACING 551 ($12.95/0.5L OR 16.9 OZ)
DRY:527F -- WET:347F --- VALVOLINE SYNPOWER DOT3 & DOT4
DRY:536F -- WET:392F --- ATE SUPERBLUE/TYP200 ($9.95/1L)
DRY:550F -- WET:284F --- FORD HEAVY DUTY DOT 3 ($4/12 OZ)
DRY:570F -- WET:284F --- WILWOOD 570 ($5.65/12 OZ)
DRY:570F -- WET:284F --- PERFORMANCE Friction Z rated ($6.27/16 OZ)
DRY:590F -- WET:410F --- AP RACING 600 ($16.95/0.5L OR 16.9 OZ)
DRY:590F -- WET:518F --- CASTROL SRF ($69.00/1L 0R 33.8 OZ)
DRY:593F -- WET:420F --- MOTUL RBF600 ($12.95/0.5L OR 16.9 OZ)
DRY:601F -- WET:399F --- BREMBO LCF 600 PLUS ($26.75/0.5L OR 16.9 OZ)
DRY:610F -- WET:421F --- NEO SYNTH. SUPER DOT 610 ($11.95/12 OZ)
DRY:610F -- WET:421F --- PROSPEED GS610 ($39.95/16 OZ)
DRY:626F -- WET:417F --- WILWOOD EXP 600 ($16.95/0.5L 16.9 OZ)
ARRANGED BY WET BOILING POINT:
DRY:401F -- WET:284F --- DOT3 MINIMUM
DRY:570F -- WET:284F --- WILWOOD 570
DRY:570F -- WET:284F --- PERFORMANCE Friction Z rated
DRY:550F -- WET:284F --- FORD HEAVY DUTY DOT 3
DRY:527F -- WET:302F --- AP RACING 551
DRY:446F -- WET:311F --- DOT4 MINIMUM
DRY:527F -- WET:347F --- VALVOLINE SYNPOWER DOT3 & DOT4
DRY:500F -- WET:356F --- DOT5.1 MINIMUM (GLYCOL BASE)
DRY:500F -- WET:356F --- DOT5 MINIMUM (SILICONE BASE)
DRY:536F -- WET:392F --- ATE SUPERBLUE/TYP200
DRY:601F -- WET:399F --- BREMBO LCF 600 PLUS
DRY:590F -- WET:410F --- AP RACING 600
DRY:626F -- WET:417F --- WILWOOD EXP 600
DRY:593F -- WET:420F --- MOTUL RBF600
DRY:610F -- WET:421F --- NEO SYNTHETICS SUPER DOT 610
DRY:610F -- WET:421F --- PROSPEED GS610
DRY:590F -- WET:518F --- CASTROL SRF
The bleeder nipple screw in the Brembo calipers is 11mm. So get yourself an 11mm box wrench.