Turkey Baster Brake Fluid Change

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Originally Posted By: mva

To be really through, on a vehicle with old brake fluid, after the first bleed, MVA would go out on a wet or gravel road and activate the antilock brakes. And then he would bleed the brakes again.

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The JOD did this on a friend's CR-V that hadn't had a brake fluid flush during its first 8 years of life. The JOD went out to a wet parking lot to "open up the ABS module" after bleeding (with plans to do a second bleed). Then, he learned a really important lesson: not all cars made in '03 came standard with anti-lock brakes
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The JOD won't be making that mistake again anytime soon...
 
I've been doing this for many years(with each oil change) with very good success. I also do the PS pump as well.
 
same here.i also do the tranny fluid twice a year...i never have to drop the tranny pan i just aspirate 7qts tranny fluid twice a year...tranny fluid always clean and freash smelling.
 
Some comments about brake fluid change using turkey baster

1) I realized that my turkey baster leaks pretty badly at sucking the brake fluid from the reservoir
2) There is NOT much fluid in a typical reservoir to extract; no more than couple of ozs before I started worrying about getting the level too low and introducing air.

Do you need to stay away from dollar stores when I pick up my turkey basters?

- Vikas
 
Go to the local decent drug store and get a 'booger ball', the blue/green rubber suction balls (for noses) the hospitals give you when you have a baby. Seriously. They are the best things for suctioning master cylinders; they are impervious to brake fluid and the nozzle is pretty thin so it gets in to smaller areas like divided reservoirs.

Our initial pediatrician was a Porsche guy, we got talking cars and he sent me home w/ a bunch of these.
 
Originally Posted By: wings&wheels
Go to the local decent drug store and get a 'booger ball', the blue/green rubber suction balls (for noses) the hospitals give you when you have a baby.


The more technical name for this tool is a 'nasal aspirator'. You might also ask anyone who has a young child. They will have plenty of these things and will more than likely give you an old one for free.
 
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