<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Prior to DOT's promulgating that brake fluid must be clear/amber in color the task of doing a fluid change was made easier by virtue of ATE's producing hydraulic fluid in both clear and blue, and it was easy to see when the old fluid ceased and new fluid began to come through the bleed nipples.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">After the blue ATE fluid became unavailable I did a Google search for a die made specifically for brake and similar fluids with the intention of making my own colored fluid. I also viewed a YouTube video on the topic. Unfortunately I lost it and since I have not yet felt the need to do a fluid change I cannot testify to its effectiveness but assumedly the die is still out there.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Best--Michael Oritt</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 3:17 AM Kees Oudesluijs via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Best and safest way is to drain the system from the bleed nipples at the <br>
brake callipers/cylinders. Fill up the reservoir to the max with fresh <br>
brake fluid, then use a vacuum pump to drain the fluid beginning with <br>
the wheel furthest away from the master cylinder. Be very careful to top <br>
up the master cylinder during the process, you do not want to get air in <br>
the system. Drain until the clear and clean brake fluid brake fluid <br>
starts showing in the tube connecting the vacuum hand pump and bleed <br>
nipple and tighten the nipple.<br>
<br>
Another method is using an Easybleed set. This is a pressure reservoir <br>
that screws on to the brake fluid reservoir. Fill up the reservoir with <br>
clean fluid according to the instructions and pressurise the reservoir <br>
slightly. Then open up the bleed nipples one by one until clean and <br>
clear brake fluid appears. Be very careful though not to overfill or <br>
over-pressurise as. This will cause spilling/spreading brake fluid. Not <br>
good for your paint<br>
<br>
Kees Oudesluijs<br>
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Op 26-6-2024 om 03:54 schreef Elton S via Healeys:<br>
> Fellow Listers,<br>
> I need to replace my old discolored brake fluid with new. What <br>
> technique have you used? Did you just drain all the lines and <br>
> reservoir and then refill with new fluid? Then bleeding to get all the <br>
> air out? Or draining the lines to where the reservoir is almost empty <br>
> and then adding new fluid so as to prevent air from getting in the <br>
> lines? Bleeding the clutch slave cylinder is not one of my favorite <br>
> pastimes.<br>
> Thanks in advance for your advice.<br>
> Elton<br>
> BJ7<br>
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