I am going to give this a shot over the winter vs the traditional 2 man, thanks for the info!

 

Maybe I'm wrong, but couldn't you still see the change in fluid color from old to new while bleeding?

 

You could just use a pyrex and measure out 150 - 170ml of fluid, on average that's how much I bleed from each caliper before it turns clear. Volkswagen trains their techs to empty 500ml of fluid from each wheel brake which is total overkill.

 

That's good info. I'm putting together an extensive list of maintenance to do before I put the car up for the winter and this is on the list.

Cheers,

Chris

 

1/3-1/2 pint out of each wheel is all you need for it to turn colors. So if you do 1/2 pint on each wheel, you're good.

 

All respect to you billman, I think that's overkill personally. That would mean you need two one-liter bottles(the tall ones) of brake fluid just for brakes, I usually go through a 1 liter bottle of brake fluid per flush, with clutch hydraulics included. That's with emptying both reservoirs topping them off bleeding and re-filling after each wheel and clutch master. I mean it certainly wouldn't hurt if you want to be thorough, but I can't justify $45 - 50 worth of brake fluid to do a simple flush. Less so if you do it at least once a year. Tracking your car is probably a different story, you gotta pay to play and I understand that.

Edit: Whoops, I forgot there's 2 pints per liter, damn dyslexia.

 

Anyone have any thoughts on speed bleeders using the gravity system? My thought is that they won't work. I am replacing all of the calipers and the old ones had speed bleeders, I am just trying to decide if I want to swap them over as well.

Just answered my own question, seems the speed bleeders suck (they came with the car and I have not used them yet) and based on how they work I don't think they would work for Gravity bleeding, so they will stay with the old calipers

 

Can ATE Super Blue Fluid be imported from Germany? If not, I presume the ATE TYP 200 DOT 4 (yellow) will work fine. Since yellow/amber fluid is the only one available, is OEM Honda DOT 3 or 4 just as good? Or stick with the German stuff?


Much thanks!

 

^You can come buy it in Canada, lol! But they've jumped in price a lot!

 

Just use the amber stuff, no biggie, just use a little less than half a pint on each wheel.