Just Fishing
Can't fix stupid
New to me 09 Tahoe, i have been spending some time ensuring that all fluids are fresh before i really start enjoying it.
After transfer case, front and rear axles, transmission fluid and filter, and motor oil, was the brake fluid.
It was very dark!
I wouldn't doubt it was the original fluid.. lol
Flushed until it was clear, and then took it off road to cycle the abs.
Bought all of the brake fluid off of the shelves at my local auto parts store to do the job...
seems the restock trickles in...
Few days ago I noticed that the rear left brake bleed screw was leaking a bit, went to tighten it down but it felt pretty gritty.
Replaced that yesterday to find the same issue with the new bleed screws.
Pulled the caliper so i could force the piston all the way in with the screw removed..
It shot out a ton of crud!
Used my brake line vac tool to suck through fresh fluid, still gritty!
Used brake clean to flush the caliper out, black gritty crud came out!!
All good with the brake bleed screw afterwards.
Did the same to the other rear brake.
Nicely flushed, went through a good pint of fluid.
Found the caliper pins totally dry, so greased up while i was there...
One of my tasks today is to source more brake fluid to finish the job.
That then brings me to the Power Steering Fluid.
Like the brake fluid, I'm pretty sure it's original.
So far i have been sucking the reservoir dry with my vac tool, fresh fluid, run for a bit and then suck it dry again and pour in fresh fluid...
The crud sucked up so far was pretty nasty.
It's looking much better, but this is getting expensive to flush it with the ac delco ps fluid.
Pretty sure I'm already over $60 into the fluid.
What i would love to do is to flush the fluid with the return line disconnected and draining into a pan.
Doing that with the ac delco fluid will get expensive fast.
Is there any other cheaper fluid that i can get away with but won't damage anything like the seals in my currently non leaking rack?
After transfer case, front and rear axles, transmission fluid and filter, and motor oil, was the brake fluid.
It was very dark!
I wouldn't doubt it was the original fluid.. lol
Flushed until it was clear, and then took it off road to cycle the abs.
Bought all of the brake fluid off of the shelves at my local auto parts store to do the job...
seems the restock trickles in...
Few days ago I noticed that the rear left brake bleed screw was leaking a bit, went to tighten it down but it felt pretty gritty.
Replaced that yesterday to find the same issue with the new bleed screws.
Pulled the caliper so i could force the piston all the way in with the screw removed..
It shot out a ton of crud!
Used my brake line vac tool to suck through fresh fluid, still gritty!
Used brake clean to flush the caliper out, black gritty crud came out!!
All good with the brake bleed screw afterwards.
Did the same to the other rear brake.
Nicely flushed, went through a good pint of fluid.
Found the caliper pins totally dry, so greased up while i was there...
One of my tasks today is to source more brake fluid to finish the job.
That then brings me to the Power Steering Fluid.
Like the brake fluid, I'm pretty sure it's original.
So far i have been sucking the reservoir dry with my vac tool, fresh fluid, run for a bit and then suck it dry again and pour in fresh fluid...
The crud sucked up so far was pretty nasty.
It's looking much better, but this is getting expensive to flush it with the ac delco ps fluid.
Pretty sure I'm already over $60 into the fluid.
What i would love to do is to flush the fluid with the return line disconnected and draining into a pan.
Doing that with the ac delco fluid will get expensive fast.
Is there any other cheaper fluid that i can get away with but won't damage anything like the seals in my currently non leaking rack?
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