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So I picked up one of these about a month ago as my daily driver. The brake fluid looks a little icky but I can’t get a turkey baster or other suction device into the reservoir to change it. What do techs usually do in this instance? Is there a line it can be drained from, or do you just bleed the brakes while topping the cylinder off until the icky fluid is out of each caliper? At my old job I didn’t encounter this before, so this is new to me.
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This is what to do.If you wanted to you could pick up a hand brake bleed pump. It does
a nice job so you don’t have to bother anyone to help.http://www.ericthecarguy.com/faq/solving-brake-problems?start=8#ChangingBrakeFluid
Hmm I’ll consider it. I realized I didn’t explain my issue accurately so I’ll try again: The master cylinder resevoir has a lip that doesn’t allow my to extract the fluid from the resevoir. But after re-watching the video it seems I can just bleed the brakes until the resevoir starts to empty, then add more and do it until the fluid comes out clear. I looked at the resevoir and didn’t see any way to disconnect the line from the resevoir without getting fluid everywhere, which I don’t want.
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