On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Mike Collum wrote: > Careful when you push the piston back in ... you could push brake fluid back > up and out of the fluid reservoir in the dash, unless you remove some fluid > first. This is why you shouldn't top up the reservoir to keep it at the 'MAX' mark. Unless you have a leak, the level slowly drops towards 'MIN' as the pads wear. On many cars the reservoir is sized so that this actually gives you an indication of when pad replacement is needed.
David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia '86 Volvo 240DL wagon |
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