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Bleeding is the actual procedure of pushing fluid through the system to get a trapped bubble out. Flushing is using the bleeding procedure to change the fluid out completely.
The brake fluid reservoir is in the front trunk on the driver's side. There's a black cap on it that says "use only DOT4....." BE CAREFUL! Brake fluid will eat your paint so use a fender cover.
Using a power bleeder keeps you from having continuously top off the reservoir since it holds up to 3 quarts of fluid.
With the power bleeder (PB), all you do is use the baster to get the old fluid out of the reservoir, fill the reservoir with fresh fluid, screw the PB to the top of the reservoir, pump the PB to 10-15psi, put a clear tube on the bleeder nipple at the wheel then unscrew the bleeder nipple until the fluid flows out. Once the new fluid is all you see, tighten the bleeder nipple back and pop the tube off. Go to the next tire.
The advantage of Super Blue is it's blue. Your old fluid is probably gold so you can easily see when the fluid is changed. Next time, you use the ATE gold racing fluid so you can easily see when it's changed, and so on.
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Last edited by deliriousga; 11-10-2005 at 11:45 AM.
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