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Title: hydraulic fluid....
Post by: Chris-White on 12 March 2009, 14:30

should definitely look like this yeah  :lipsrsealed:

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/chris_wht/Image135.jpg)

Title: Re: hydraulic fluid....
Post by: Wayne on 12 March 2009, 14:52

Not sure whats it from, if it is the brakes then yes.

Title: Re: hydraulic fluid....
Post by: Mew on 12 March 2009, 14:57

Quote from: wayned on 12 March 2009, 14:52

Not sure whats it from, if it is the brakes then yes.

Personally i have never seen it that colour before, it was like someone had shat in a jar of water, and then added some used engine oil.

It was from the clutch, which shares the resevoir with the brakes, so surely irrelevant where it came from?

Title: Re: hydraulic fluid....
Post by: Wayne on 12 March 2009, 15:01

Yes but if it power steering then that is darkish to start with.

Title: Re: hydraulic fluid....
Post by: DarnPB on 12 March 2009, 15:54

That is why brake fluid should be changed every three years, not thirty.

Title: Re: hydraulic fluid....
Post by: Teutonic_Tamer on 12 March 2009, 17:28

Quote from: DarnPB on 12 March 2009, 15:54

That is why brake fluid should be changed every three years, not thirty.

You mean two years!  :lipsrsealed:

Title: Re: hydraulic fluid....
Post by: JC on 12 March 2009, 17:34

seen worse coming out of helicopters flying above ya Chris  :wink:

Title: Re: hydraulic fluid....
Post by: Khare on 12 March 2009, 17:35

nasty. Dare you to drink it :laugh:

Title: Re: hydraulic fluid....
Post by: Chris-White on 12 March 2009, 17:39

^^^

i drank a fair bit of parrafin once. Wasnt pleasant.

dont ask  :lipsrsealed:

Title: Re: hydraulic fluid....
Post by: JC on 12 March 2009, 17:40

bloody students  :laugh:

Title: Re: hydraulic fluid....
Post by: Khare on 12 March 2009, 17:40

 :grin:

Title: Re: hydraulic fluid....
Post by: DarnPB on 12 March 2009, 22:31

Quote from: Chris-White on 12 March 2009, 17:39

^^^

i drank a fair bit of parrafin once. Wasnt pleasant.

dont ask  :lipsrsealed:

Vets used to force feed cows parafin to clear stomach blockages.

Title: Re: hydraulic fluid....
Post by: Chris-White on 12 March 2009, 23:25

Quote from: DarnPB on 12 March 2009, 22:31

Quote from: Chris-White on 12 March 2009, 17:39

^^^

i drank a fair bit of parrafin once. Wasnt pleasant.

dont ask  :lipsrsealed:

Vets used to force feed cows parafin to clear stomach blockages.

it certainly did that  :sick:

Title: Re: hydraulic fluid....
Post by: Ben Lessani on 13 March 2009, 08:40

Brake fluid every 2 years? Jeez, I ain't done mine in about 5 ... but given the rate at which fluids escape my car, they're probably air brakes now, along with my air tappets and air steering.

Title: Re: hydraulic fluid....
Post by: Wayne on 13 March 2009, 09:20

Quote from: Ben Lessani on 13 March 2009, 08:40

Brake fluid every 2 years? Jeez, I ain't done mine in about 5 ... but given the rate at which fluids escape my car, they're probably air brakes now, along with my air tappets and air steering.

Brake fluid needs changing every 2yrs due to the moisture that it absorbs.

Title: Re: hydraulic fluid....
Post by: Teutonic_Tamer on 13 March 2009, 10:37

Quote from: Ben Lessani on 13 March 2009, 08:40

Brake fluid every 2 years? Jeez, I ain't done mine in about 5 ... but given the rate at which fluids escape my car, they're probably air brakes now, along with my air tappets and air steering.

But if you had changed it every two years, you probably wouldn't have ended up with other fooked brake components.  As wayned correctly points out, brake fluid absorbs water - and if this water is allowed to remain in the system, it can cause the insides of your wheel cylinders, master cylinders and calipers to corrode from the inside.  A new master cylinder is much more costly to repair/replace compared to a litre of brake fluid every 2 years.  :wink:

Title: Re: hydraulic fluid....
Post by: VRDan on 16 March 2009, 20:10

 ^^ good point. Brake fluid is Hydroscopic so absorbes moisture, this makes the fluid in your lines compressable and can cause a bit of a spongy pedal.  :smiley:

Title: Re: hydraulic fluid....
Post by: theshrew on 18 March 2009, 16:08

Correct

Title: Re: hydraulic fluid....
Post by: Len on 18 March 2009, 16:33

Just as a matter of interest how does moisture get into a sealed system?