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Old 11-06-2006, 02:16 PM
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I had my stock clutch replaced with Centerforce and I did slave syliner at the same time, filled up with new Dot3 fluid.
Recently checked and fluid is dark , more like clear/black.
Checked my brake container - same : dark/black
Is it suppose to be like that?
Old 11-06-2006, 02:31 PM
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nope. supposed to be clear.
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thats what I thought, what do you think makes it black?
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over a period of time, depending on how hard you drive your car you burn the clutch fluid. someone who drives calm and is easy on their car will have longer lasting clutch fluid than someone who goes and beats on their car every chance they get. it is perfectly normal. bleeding your clutch and changing the fluid is routine maintenance.
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it went dark in 6 month , should I bleed the clutch every half a year or what? My other DD has stil original fluid and its clear.
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you need to bleed it every 2-3 months
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It should be clear.Mine used to be black and never hurt anything but yeah
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what did you do to get rid of that?
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you have to bleed it to get rid of the black fluid.




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