Originally Posted by Delta
Always good to get the old fluid out of there. I was having brake fade on my old S10 and decided to flush the old nasty fluid out. This is what came out:
Needless to say my brake fade went away after fresh fluid was in the system.
Zee, too bad you don't have the TRD package with the electronic booster. You can bleed that system quickly; just turn the ignition on, open bleeder, and hold down the pedal. It'll keep pumping fluid, just have to keep an eye on the level. Obviously you have to have a helper with the bleed screw, but still an easy system.
Wow, that old brake fluids looks nasty. How old was it?
My 2005 Tacoma is a TRD, but it just has regular ABS without the VSC (vehicle stability control) system. Toyota manual shows to bleed the brakes the old fashioned way.
My original brake fluid looked almost new, even though 14 years old. But the truck only has 50K miles and the brakes are rarely used hard. I changed it just because of the time, not how it looked and not knowing how much moisture might have been in the fluid that old. I don't think brake fluid changes color based on moisture content.