changing brake fluid

[mr_xr8]

whats the best way to go about changing the brake fluid in an au?
and how do you bleed the abs unit? is it possible?

[walker]

suck the fluid out of the fluid canister, fill with new fluid and gravity bleed, make sure the fluid dosen't drop to low, and do the bleed nipples up as each caliper starts to drop the new fluid....

[waggaclint]

Originally Posted by mr_xr8

and how do you bleed the abs unit? is it possible?

yes you can bleed it but youl a ford scan tool to do it.....if ya flush out your fluid you wont need to touch the abs it wont be affected...

basically if ya want flush your brake fluid what ya need to do is
1. remove all wheels so you can access the brake calipers
2.suck out all the old brake fluid out of the master cylinder resivour and refill with new fluid
3.starting at the lhr wheel and moving to rhr then lhf and finally rhf...get someone to pump the brake pedal whilst you open the brake bleeder nipple....(IE keep an eye on the resivour making sure it doesnt run dry) this will pump the new fluid through the line flushing out all the old fluid...youl see the new fluid come out...
4.make sure there is no air left in the line and then move on to next wheel..
5.easy as that...

warning if ya not to sure what ya doing i wouldnt go playing around with the brake system but hey it can be dangerous....hope this helps ya out....
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[XRLNT-8]

Had mine done at ABS (auto brake service) for $40.
For that money I wasn't going to get my hands dirty!