fill the resevoir with denatured alcohol and bleed the brakes.
The recomendation is a quart per wheel cylinder.
...Art
On Tue, 16 Sep 1997 dmeadow@juno.com wrote:
> Since we are on the subject, how does one "flush out" the brake system?
> Does this just mean pushing new fluid through the system? Is there some
> sort of solvent to be used? Special equipment? Do you put all new seals
> in when you do it? I know well enough not to use brake cleaner as a
> solvent-- I once dropped a old rubber brake cylinder piston in some
> brake cleaner and watched it swell up to the size of a silver dollar.
>
> Since I am using silicone in my MGA's brake system, I haven't had to
> flush it out nor had any problems for ten years (did have to replace some
> M/C seals last year, though).
>
> David Littlefield
> Houston, TX
>
> On Tue, 16 Sep 1997 17:05:51 EDT barneymg@juno.com (Barney Gaylord)
> writes:
> >
> >On Tue, 16 Sep 1997 08:41:40 -0700 (PDT) "John J. Peloquin"
> ><peloquin@mamba.bio.uci.edu> writes:
> >
> >>FWIW, I use Castrol LMA because Silicone doesn't adsorb water- thus
> >any that gets into your system will sit at a low point in the system
> >and eat a hole in it. If you use Dot4 LMA, you can just change the
> >fluid once in a while and get the gunk out.
> >
> >Ahem! ........ FWIW, the "LMA" in the Castrol name stands for "Low
> >Moisture Absorbtion". Castrol figured that _not_ absorbing water was
> >a good thing (because retained water degrades the fluid) and
> >formulated their fluid with that in mind. So Casterol LMA acts very
> >much like Silicone in that respect -- doesn't absorb much water. You
> >should still change the fluid every couple of years.
> >
> >Barney Gaylord
> >1958 MGA with an attitude
>
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