Thanks for the tips on this everybody. I have used it as Mike suggests below, but I need to flush the brakes on my Golf and Vanagon and figured I could make a day of it and really put the thing to use. Edward At 06:11 PM 12/4/2010, Mike S wrote: >At 02:07 PM 12/4/2010, Edward Maglott wrote... >>I got a very nice used brake pressure bleeder...The fluid is sort >>of blue-green. > >It was probably ATE Super Blue fluid. I've got a Motive bleeder, and >they recommend using denatured alcohol to clean it out. 99% >isopropyl would probably work, and is easy to find, as is >non-denatured Everclear. I've never had to, because I don't put >fluid in it, just use it as a handy pressure source. I top up the >car's reservoir, bleed one brake, top up again, do the next, &c. >It's a little bit more work, but no muss, no fuss. |
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