Brake fluid change help please

[brewerbry]

I just embarked on this myself last month after my first track day where my brakes slowly started getting close to the floor lap after lap...should have done this before heading to the track!

The procedure is actually pretty easy with the right tools. I installed speed bleeders (from Pelican parts), used a Motive pressure filler, and the motive catch bottles. I only needed 1 liter of fluid to change the whole system.

I followed these directions:
Porsche Boxster Brake Bleeding - 986 / 987 (1997-08) - Pelican Parts Technical Article

It takes longer to get the car lifted up on jack stands and the wheels removed than doing the fluid change.

[Gerd]

Well you said your were to lazy to read, perhaps we could send some over to read for you!
If your that lazy you have a Mechanic do the job or you and then spend more of your lazy
money, you wouldn't have to deal with any implements of labor!

[JayG]

Originally Posted by Gerd

Well you said your were to lazy to read, perhaps we could send some over to read for you!
If your that lazy you have a Mechanic do the job or you and then spend more of your lazy
money, you wouldn't have to deal with any implements of labor!

A noob talking smack LOL

At least the OP is honest about being lazy

In any case, its an easy job except for maybe bleeding the clutch (don't forget to do that)

1 liter should be fine. If you are going to be tracking, look at Motol 600, otherwise, ATE TYPE 200 Amber is fine as you can no longer get the Blue.

It is a little hard to tell when the old is flushed and the new is in.

If you do some searching, you will find a thread that specifies how much is needed for each wheel to flush by volume

Personally i would not use the speed bleeders as they are not needed if you use a Motive Power bleeder. Just the bleeder and the collection bottle are needed as well as a flare wrench for the bleeder nipples.
Also the Black/Deluxe model is worth the few extra $

[Frodo]

Originally Posted by JayG

A noob talking smack LOL

1 liter should be fine. If you are going to be tracking, look at Motol 600, otherwise, ATE TYPE 200 Amber is fine as you can no longer get the Blue.

It is a little hard to tell when the old is flushed and the new is in.

This raises a question I've had ever since the government, in its infinite wisdom, banned the use of blue (and any color other than amber, I gather) brake fluid. Would it be harmful to add a few drops of food coloring to the amber? Say, blue, for example? I can't imagine it would hurt anything, but I'm chicken to try. Any gamblers out there?

[JayG]

Originally Posted by Frodo

This raises a question I've had ever since the government, in its infinite wisdom, banned the use of blue (and any color other than amber, I gather) brake fluid. Would it be harmful to add a few drops of food coloring to the amber? Say, blue, for example? I can't imagine it would hurt anything, but I'm chicken to try. Any gamblers out there?

I thought the same thing myself.
IIRC, I did some research about putting coloring in the brake fluid and it was not a good idea. I could be wrong YMMV

[Frodo]

Originally Posted by JayG

I thought the same thing myself.
IIRC, I did some research about putting coloring in the brake fluid and it was not a good idea. I could be wrong YMMV

Wonder why? I would think that stuff would be pretty inert. Oh, well...I'm not tryin' it.

Wonder if the makers of ATE Superblue would reveal what they used to use to color it blue? I suppose probably not. Or if it would be illegal for them to offer small dropper bottles of the blue concentrate that the end-of-the-line consumer could add himself? A pipedream, I'm sure.

I notice it (the blue version) is still, for the moment, available online..

[sickbananas]

Okay let's re-phase if that's acceptable? Lazy is perhaps the wrong word as I am far from lazy especially when it comes to my cars! It's just nice to have opinions of choices and methods on one thread incase something is missed on all the other threads that cover the topic.

Thanks for all the answers so far!

[healthservices]

Originally Posted by Frodo

This raises a question I've had ever since the government, in its infinite wisdom, banned the use of blue (and any color other than amber, I gather) brake fluid. Would it be harmful to add a few drops of food coloring to the amber? Say, blue, for example? I can't imagine it would hurt anything, but I'm chicken to try. Any gamblers out there?

Generally speaking food coloring is water base. And the reason you are flushing the brake system is to rid the bake fluid of the water it has absorbed over time. Brake fluid is pretty much hygroscopic and absorbs water, water lowers the boiling point of brake fluid and allows it to attack the inside of the brake system

[Lew]

I have used the Pentosin Brake fluid which is yellow, but I heard today from a employee that works for a vendor we all know, that 1 (one) drop of food coloring in a liter of brake fluid would not hurt anything. It's quite inert I hear. I questioned it and was told many that race cars do it all the time. I hate the fact that ATE, which is pronounced AH TAE no longer makes the blue fluid. My Nissan pickup is due, and I plan on trying a drop of red food coloring in Prestone's dot 3 fluid.