Brake Fluid/Trans Fluid change..weird colours/smells
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Brake Fluid/Trans Fluid change..weird colours/smells
So, car is 6 speed 2001 WS6.
I removed all my fluid out of my T-56, it came out kind of a purple colour and stunk...any ideas? I replaced with almost 4 quarts of Quaker State ATF.
I have owned my car for 10 years and it's never had the manual fluid changed since I owned it, when I had my clutch done, the mechanic drained a bit to drop the tranny then topped up.
Today, I am doing a brake fluid change. I started to extract fluid from the resovoir before I bleed the lines, this fluid as well stinks and is a dark green kind of colour. The fluid hasn't been touched since I owned it. Let me know your thoughts guys. I am going to try out the mity-vac for the lines. I also bought some DOT 4 brake fluid.
I removed all my fluid out of my T-56, it came out kind of a purple colour and stunk...any ideas? I replaced with almost 4 quarts of Quaker State ATF.
I have owned my car for 10 years and it's never had the manual fluid changed since I owned it, when I had my clutch done, the mechanic drained a bit to drop the tranny then topped up.
Today, I am doing a brake fluid change. I started to extract fluid from the resovoir before I bleed the lines, this fluid as well stinks and is a dark green kind of colour. The fluid hasn't been touched since I owned it. Let me know your thoughts guys. I am going to try out the mity-vac for the lines. I also bought some DOT 4 brake fluid.
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Today, I am doing a brake fluid change. I started to extract fluid from the resovoir before I bleed the lines, this fluid as well stinks and is a dark green kind of colour. The fluid hasn't been touched since I owned it. Let me know your thoughts guys. I am going to try out the mity-vac for the lines. I also bought some DOT 4 brake fluid.
Tranny Fluid is Dextron III ATF from the factory(stamped right on the housing with a yellow sticker on the drivers side)which is red, so i would expect it to come out a dark purple color. What type of Quaker state did you use? Did you find any debris in the fluid when you drained it?
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if the mity-vac you have is the little hand held grease gun type, i think you would be better off buying a cheap garden sprayer and using it to pressurize the master cylinder reservoir. you'll get the brake fluid to flow better and will be easier to flush the system.
I went through the green brake fluid deal on my 2006 truck, followed by master cylinder and caliper replacement, then hard line replacements because one blew.
if your car sees winters and road salt i would visually inspect the brake hard lines under the car for rust.
for what its worth i have a motive power bleeder and had the entire brake system out of my truck and had no problems bleeding the system, i did not need to do the abs module thing. I also know i've introduced air into the master on the camaro and using the power bleeder i bled the system and never had a problem with the abs module.
I went through the green brake fluid deal on my 2006 truck, followed by master cylinder and caliper replacement, then hard line replacements because one blew.
if your car sees winters and road salt i would visually inspect the brake hard lines under the car for rust.
for what its worth i have a motive power bleeder and had the entire brake system out of my truck and had no problems bleeding the system, i did not need to do the abs module thing. I also know i've introduced air into the master on the camaro and using the power bleeder i bled the system and never had a problem with the abs module.
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Did you own this car from new??
If not, the previous owner may have installed some Royal Purple Synchromax MTF instead of a Dex 3 fluid.
I personally go with a light MTF over a Dex 3 regardless of what sticker is on the T56's case, since I feel that stuff (save for maybe the Red Line D4 which supposedly meets GL4 specs) will NEVER protect enough in a very high shear environment like our gearboxes.
I've also been told that our ABS pump can be cycled by turning the ignition key on and off multiple times, but I am not positive on this??
If not, the previous owner may have installed some Royal Purple Synchromax MTF instead of a Dex 3 fluid.
I personally go with a light MTF over a Dex 3 regardless of what sticker is on the T56's case, since I feel that stuff (save for maybe the Red Line D4 which supposedly meets GL4 specs) will NEVER protect enough in a very high shear environment like our gearboxes.
I've also been told that our ABS pump can be cycled by turning the ignition key on and off multiple times, but I am not positive on this??