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Re: brake bleeding, best way??? 200 84

posted by  someone claiming to be Robert H> Glotzer on  Sun Jul 8 08:36 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Hi Bruce,

Here's what I do: Buy a large turkey baster at a supermarket, the largest one you can get. Then buy some Havoline synthetic brake fluid - I recommend it because it's clear like water. Now then: Using the turkey baster, suck out the dirty brake fluid from the resevoir. Pour in the Havoline fluid. Cap the resevoir, start the engine, and pump the brake pedal slowly to the floor a dozen times. Repeat the process until the brake fluid is as clear as you can get it to be.

I've used synthetic brake fluid on my last four cars, including two Mercedes, and I've never had any caliper problems, because I flush the brakes using this method three time a year! You won't believe how much higher your pedal is with clean brake fluid, especially the synthetic fluid, which resists boiling off. Good luck!

Bob Glotzer





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