Brake Fluid: Service and Repair

CHANGING BRAKE FLUID




1. Refer to air-bleeding procedures Service and Repair
2. Connect a vinyl tube to the bleeder screw of each wheel cylinder. Put the other end of the vinyl tube in a vessel for receiving the brake fluid.




3. With a vehicle equipped with ABS, refer to Anti-lock Brake System.
4. Depress the brake pedal a few times. Then loosen the bleeder screw (with the brake pedal still depressed), and tighten it after the brake fluid stops flowing.
5 Repeat the above operation until air bubbles are not in the brake fluid.
6 Repeat these steps for the other cylinders.
7 Add fresh brake fluid up to the "MAX" level in the reserve tank.

Brake fluid : DOT 3 or DOT 4