Change Brake Fluid

You may committal to remove the wheels to modify brake fluid.


To moderate brake fluid you'll commitment to hoist your van on jack stands or ramps, on the contrary beyond that, unusual supplies required. Acquire bottles of brake fluid in any Car parts store or big crowded box retailer in the Engine oil abbreviate. Mechanics phone the fashion "bleeding the brakes." You'll be suctioning away the senile fluid and running Disinfected fluid over the lines. Before you shop for started, catch an assistant who can sit in the Chauffeur's seat and supervene intelligible directions.


Instructions


1. Elevate the machine on jack stands or ramps.8. Place a small piece of lumber under the brake pedal in the car so the pedal won't be pressed all the way down during the brake bleed.9. Fill the master cylinder reservoir with fresh brake fluid.


Employ your machine's function textbook to boast the bolt provided you don't descry it. Usual Mechanics recommends applying the oil the hour before you bleed the breaks to dash off the bolts easier to loosen.


3. Practice a box wrench to gently loosen Everyone bleeder valve bolt on the contrary discharge not regulate them much. Provided the bolts are corroded, tap them to knock off loose corrosion and one's damndest again. You may must to pocket money the calipers or spin cylinders whether corrosion causes the bolts to disjunction off.


4. Suction absent the ancient brake fluid from the crack cylinder reservoir under the hood of the motorcar. A turkey baster can be used to suction out a lot of fluid straightaway. Be careful not to receive any brake fluid on painted surfaces; it will remove paint on contact.


5. Clean out the master cylinder reservoir with a lint-free rag. Be sure the rag is clean so no contaminants are introduced into the brake line.


6. Pour 1 or 2 inches of fresh brake fluid into a clear bottle and put it behind the right rear brake. Start with the right rear brake and work your way toward the front if you're doing all four wheels.


7. Attach a piece of aquarium tubing over the brake bleeder bolt on the right rear brake and put the other end into the clear bottle. Make sure the tube is submerged in the fresh brake fluid to prevent air from being sucked into the brake line.


You may call for to remove the wheels provided you can't spread the brake bleeder valves, so control this in belief when you lift your automobile.2. Manipulate penetrating oil to the bleeder valve bolts, which are on Everyone brake.


Replace the reservoir lid to prevent the fluid from spraying out when the brake pedal is released.


10. Ask your assistant to sit in the driver's seat to press the brake pedal while you open the bleeder bolt. Call out "down" to have the assistant press the brake pedal as if stopped at a light. The assistant should call out "down" when the pedal is down. That will be your signal to open the bleeder bolt a quarter turn to begin the bleed. The assistant must keep the brake pedal depressed, even if the pedal sinks to the lumber.


11. Watch the aquarium tube as old fluid drains through the line. When the fluid stops, close the bleeder bolt and call out "up" so your assistant can stop pressing on the brake pedal. Have your assistant call out "up" so you know he or she isn't pressing the brake line any more.


12. Repeat this sequence of "down" and "up" until clean brake fluid trickles through the line. It may take half a dozen or more cycles for each brake. Stop and refill the master cylinder reservoir every four to six cycles. Make sure the reservoir never drops below half empty or air may be sucked into the brake line.


13. Move the tube and bottle to the next brake and continue until all the brake lines have been bled.