Wow Jim thats a great read and very ironic timing, since I stopped in to scheduled a brake fluid flush yesterday. I need to get my winter tires installed so I asked the local Ford dealer. They do have a machine that flushes the system so I thought $59.99 seemed reasonable :shrug:
My car just past 30k and the brake fluid looks great but I was planning on having it done as its almost 10 years old.
I've never had a brake system flush before, what are your thoughts?
Is the fluid they'll use at the Ford dealer good?
Thanks, J
Thanks for the info., I definitely planned on asking what fluid they used, but I doubt there will be a choice :shrug:Great price. You should ask what fluid they use. Many dealers use the fluid provided by the company that loans them the flush machine. Sometimes that fluid is better than Ford's, sometimes it isn't. The DOT 4 fluid provided by both MOC and BG is very good.
Ford's fluid is a very high quality DOT 3 fluid with a dry boiling point of 550 degrees F. It's wet boiling point isn't very good so that is why it is classified as DOT 3. Dry & wet refers to fluid with no moisture content and fluid that is saturated with moisture. Personally I prefer to use a high quality DOT 4 fluid, even if the dry boiling point isn't quite so high.
And I think that at 10 years you are overdue.
Thanks as usual for your large contibution :nonono:$60!!!!!! Have fun.
very intersting timing. I just flushed the brake fluid in my SVT this afternoon. I took a turkey baster to the resevior and repalced the fluid. I then bleed all four wheels and the clutch. The fluid that came out of the rear calipers was pretty nasty looking.
also on my mystique a few years ago the fluid was so bad that when the abs kicked in the pedal turned to a brick. after changing the fluid in the reseivor it was alot better.
I also bleed the brakes again on my mystique. I had changed out the fluid a few weeks ago. again the fluid from the rear brakes was nasty. didn't take long to get better looking fluid to the brakes.
Are you running ATE super blue?
I'll be switching to some super 600 stuff soon.
No. It's too expensive. It's nice that it turns clear to let you know when to change it. I just used the last bit of valvoline syntech. They don't seem to make it anymore. It has a good dry billing point. Wet is meh though. I'll be switching to some super 600 stuff soon. I forgot who makes it, but I can get it locally.
Hooray speed bleeders!
No. It's too expensive. It's nice that it turns clear to let you know when to change it. I just used the last bit of valvoline syntech. They don't seem to make it anymore. It has a good dry billing point. Wet is meh though. I'll be switching to some super 600 stuff soon. I forgot who makes it, but I can get it locally.