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RandallNeighbour · 02-12-2014, 07:32 AM

I typically use about 1 1/2 liters of this stuff for a full flush:

Amazon.com: ATE 706202 Original TYP 200 DOT 4 Brake Fluid - 1 Liter: Automotive

If you don't have a Motive power bleeder, pick one up. Best thing ever. No more yelling the following at your wife or kid: "pump the brake!" and "hold the pedal to the floor, you idiot!"

BTW, this stuff comes in blue and gold, or at least it used to come in blue and gold. If you can find the blue stuff and the gold stuff, buy two cans of each. You can then flush your system with a contrasting color to what you have in it and when gold turns blue you know you've fully bled that line.

Have you bled brakes on a car before?

02-12-2014, 07:32 AM	#2
RandallNeighbour Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 7,243	I typically use about 1 1/2 liters of this stuff for a full flush: Amazon.com: ATE 706202 Original TYP 200 DOT 4 Brake Fluid - 1 Liter: Automotive If you don't have a Motive power bleeder, pick one up. Best thing ever. No more yelling the following at your wife or kid: "pump the brake!" and "hold the pedal to the floor, you idiot!" BTW, this stuff comes in blue and gold, or at least it used to come in blue and gold. If you can find the blue stuff and the gold stuff, buy two cans of each. You can then flush your system with a contrasting color to what you have in it and when gold turns blue you know you've fully bled that line. Have you bled brakes on a car before? Last edited by RandallNeighbour; 02-12-2014 at 07:46 AM.