Can anyone tell me how much brake fluid is required for a fluid change ?

I've done a search and checked the FAQ but can't find any info.

Also I'm changing my discs pads and hoses. How much would I expect to pay for the labour charge for this + supply of the fluid.

I've rang Honda for a quote and I'm waiting for them to get back to me, should be good for a laugh

Andy

 

Nobody seems to know the answer to that, but if you're actually changing the fluid for better stuff I would buy a litre and use it all to make sure you've flushed the system. But recently I've changed mine just using 1/2 a litre, although it's hard to know that you're definitely getting the new stuff all the way through.

Once you've opened the bottle you have to use it, or throw it away, so there's little point using less than you have.

I usually pay

 

I bought a litre and used probably half to three quarters of it.

I used ATE super blue so it's pretty obvious when this has passed through the system.

I also changed the clutch fluid to use some more up and still had plenty left.

 

A litre is best.

Half a litre is borderline.

The quoted capacity is 0.48L from memory.

 

Thanks chaps

I'm also unsure as to whether I should do this job myself. The pads are a piece of cake. The discs are relatively easy I think, just need an impact driver to get the discs off. Its just changing the hoses to braided and the complete flush through I'm unsure of.

My local garage has quoted ~

 

I'm no good with brake fluid, but I think its one of things which if you have done a couple of times, its probably straight forward.

 

Could be expensive if I do get it wrong though

Andy

 

I got myself two bottles of Motul RBF600 and I used most of it when I did a full brake bleed when I installed new hoses.

 

I've done mine several times now, and it's easy enough. But:

I did my hoses myself, and I must have bled them 10 times and they were terrible. Then I took it to Honda on a Saturday morning, and they had a quick bleed, but they were still terrible, so I went back and left it with them for a few days convinced I'd damaged the master cylinder. But they bled them a few more times and declared them okay. I wasn't convinced, but I lived with it for ages until I boiled the fluid at Rockingham. Then I replaced the fluid myself and it was a lot better.

So I think in my case, changing the hoses got so much air into the system that it was very difficult to get out.

If you do do the hoses, make sure you use proper brake line spanners, as they'll be tough to undo and you don't want to round off the nuts.

I couldn't get the screws in the disks undone with an impact driver. I hammered a phillips bit into the screw and attached a mini socket wrench to it. Piece of cake. It took me 3 hours of trying things to work that out, but easy once I did.

 

Thanks Dembo you've just about convinced me to get somebody else to do it for me

Andy