Pressure Bleeding Brake Fluid

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by evo-r

I'm planning to pressure bleed my brake fluid soon and thinking of purchasing the following items from Pelican Parts for this job;

- Black Label European Power Bleeder Kit ($69.95)
- ATE Gold Brake Fluid x3 liters ($15/liter)

Questions:
1) In addition to the instructions from PelicanParts do you offer any other tip for this job? Pelican Technical Article: Bleeding Boxster Brakes - 986 / 987

2) Is "ATE Gold Brake Fluid" a good fluid to use? What color is this fluid? Any other good alternatives?

3) I thought I had read somewhere that it only takes 1 liter of the brake fluid to bleed the system but Pelican Parts states a minimum of 3 liters, which is correct?

One liter is more than enough, I have no idea why Pelican thinks you need that much. ATE Gold (also known as ATE 200) is an amber yellow color.

[Muzzle of Bees]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

One liter is more than enough, I have no idea why Pelican thinks you need that much. ATE Gold (also known as ATE 200) is an amber yellow color.

I was sold more trans fluid than I needed/used from Pelican. I did not think much about it at the time. I should have asked about it initially. I live two miles from the nearest Porsche dealership. I called them and asked about it -There response was that if you have an accident you will have extra. I could have sent it back, of course on my dime.
It worked out okay though because I was just doing a drain and fill, TIP trans, and I used the additional fluid later. I just drained a little more from the trans after a couple weeks of driving and refilled the trans with the fresh fluid.

[jb92563]

There is an option to add a UV dye which is a bit more inconvenient because you need a UV flashlight but should work just fine. ~$8

Probably worth it if your a racer and do frequent changes. You could lay a "band" of the UV fluid with the existing gold and you will see it in the drain tube for a couple seconds as it passes through, indicating you have reached the fresh fluid.

Interdynamics Oil and Fuel Systems UV Dye (1 oz.) 374CS: You

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by jb92563

There is an option to add a UV dye which is a bit more inconvenient because you need a UV flashlight but should work just fine. ~$8

Probably worth it if your a racer and do frequent changes. You could lay a "band" of the UV fluid with the existing gold and you will see it in the drain tube for a couple seconds as it passes through, indicating you have reached the fresh fluid.

Interdynamics Oil and Fuel Systems UV Dye (1 oz.) 374CS: You

Before I would be adding a general purpose "hydraulic fluid" dye to one of these system, I 'd want to know it is 100% compatible with all of the seals and components in the ABS and PSM systems. A couple of companies list dyes for "hydraulic fluids" (several OEM's use "hydraulic" systems for level control, and Mercedes even used it at one time to operate their power windows), but no one seems to list a UV dye specifically for modern antilock brake and stability management systems.........