[Shop-talk] Ford Explorer Brake Line Repair

[Scott]

Wow. I flush my cars every year, and I invariably manage to wish I 
hadn't because apparently I suck at bleeding. I had to take a Toyota to 
a shop once afterwards to get rid of the spongy pedal feel.

Sigh.

On 8/6/2012 11:25 AM, John Miller wrote:
>> their cars every couple of years. I don't flush brake systems as 
>> often as I
>> should. If that's not done problems are virtually guaranteed, while 
>> if it
>> is at least the hardware in the system will have a very long service 
>> life.
> few people, even in this group go to the trouble of flushing the 
> brakes on
>
> A very valid point.  I don't think regular flushing (which at least as 
> of the last time I looked was still a 2-year service item on the BMW 
> service list, and I think most other Germans as well...) will do much 
> for hose life, but it'll definitely help everything else, as well as 
> giving you a reason to get in there and look at the condition of all 
> the stuff.
>
> I don't do it rigidly per the 2-year schedule, I do it when I change 
> pads and/or rotors, which usually works out to just a little more than 
> that.