Brake fluid ???
12-04-2009, 04:51 PM
#1
Brake fluid ??? I will be bleeding the brakes on my 99 t/a and 06 silverado soon. Is there a brand of brake fluid anyone recommends?
Also any tips/advice on changing the fluids? I am getting the motive power bleeder and know to start from the farthest wheel to the closest.
Thanks
Also any tips/advice on changing the fluids? I am getting the motive power bleeder and know to start from the farthest wheel to the closest.
Thanks
12-04-2009, 06:38 PM
#3
For a vehicle basically street driven? Valvoline Syntec has been a great fluid I've used in my tow rigs and personal cars for years and years.
For a track car ... Castrol SRF. Fill the system once and forget about it. The same basic fluid has been in my road race car since 2005. I never bleed the brakes.
Tip:
Buy a $0.99 turkey baster and suck all the old fluid out of the MC first. That way, when you fill it with the clean fluid, it doesn't contaminate a whole lot of clean fluid.
For a track car ... Castrol SRF. Fill the system once and forget about it. The same basic fluid has been in my road race car since 2005. I never bleed the brakes.
Tip:
Buy a $0.99 turkey baster and suck all the old fluid out of the MC first. That way, when you fill it with the clean fluid, it doesn't contaminate a whole lot of clean fluid.
12-06-2009, 07:56 PM
#5
SRF is $80/litre and only available at speed shops. If you are careful and know what you are doing, you can get it done with 1 litre
The point was that using SRF in race applications means you can treat like you do the fluid in a street car ... forget about it.
But SRF isn't for use in daily driver.
The point was that using SRF in race applications means you can treat like you do the fluid in a street car ... forget about it.
But SRF isn't for use in daily driver.
12-07-2009, 03:38 PM
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dont bother with the SRF ****. i autox/track day my TA, and have had no complaints with ATE blue/clear. you can get it right off amazon, about $12 per liter, cheaper then anywhere else, and might get free shipping with it too. thats fine for a street car. a full flush once a year is always safe, no matter what you put into it.
a motive is fantastic, i use it and will never go back to pumping again. keep in mind you wont get the fluid out of the ABS block, but unless you have air trapped in it, i wouldnt worry so much about it. hitting the ABS while driving will help flush the old out and new in also.
if you do want to use ATE, first off flush the entire system with cheap DOT3 from any parts store. then after you get clean fluid at each caliper, swap to ATE. thats if you want to use ATE, since youll use alot of fluid during the flush. you cant get a gallon of no-name DOT3 very cheap, just for the flush.
a motive is fantastic, i use it and will never go back to pumping again. keep in mind you wont get the fluid out of the ABS block, but unless you have air trapped in it, i wouldnt worry so much about it. hitting the ABS while driving will help flush the old out and new in also.
if you do want to use ATE, first off flush the entire system with cheap DOT3 from any parts store. then after you get clean fluid at each caliper, swap to ATE. thats if you want to use ATE, since youll use alot of fluid during the flush. you cant get a gallon of no-name DOT3 very cheap, just for the flush.