[Healeys] Brake fluid renewal

[Kees Oudesluijs]

Best and safest way is to drain the system from the bleed nipples at the 
brake callipers/cylinders. Fill up the reservoir to the max with fresh 
brake fluid, then use a vacuum pump to drain the fluid beginning with 
the wheel furthest away from the master cylinder. Be very careful to top 
up the master cylinder during the process, you do not want to get air in 
the system. Drain until the clear and clean brake fluid brake fluid 
starts showing in the tube connecting the vacuum hand pump and bleed 
nipple and tighten the nipple.

Another method is using an Easybleed set. This is a pressure reservoir 
that screws on to the brake fluid reservoir. Fill up the reservoir with 
clean fluid according to the instructions and pressurise the reservoir 
slightly. Then open up the bleed nipples one by one until clean and 
clear brake fluid appears. Be very careful though not to overfill or 
over-pressurise as. This will cause spilling/spreading brake fluid. Not 
good for your paint

Kees Oudesluijs



Op 26-6-2024 om 03:54 schreef Elton S via Healeys:
> Fellow Listers,
> I need to replace my old discolored brake fluid with new. What 
> technique have you used? Did you just drain all the lines and 
> reservoir and then refill with new fluid? Then bleeding to get all the 
> air out? Or draining the lines to where the reservoir is almost empty 
> and then adding new fluid so as to prevent air from getting in the 
> lines? Bleeding the clutch slave cylinder is not one of my favorite 
> pastimes.
> Thanks in advance for your advice.
> Elton
> BJ7
>
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