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Old 12-05-2007, 07:45 AM   #18 (permalink)
sokoloff
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Date registered: Jan 2004
Vehicle: 1959 220S cabriolet, 1983 240D original owner, 1999 E300 turbo diesel, 1988 560SL
Location: Ocean Isle Beach, NC
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You can get a pressure bleeder for $30 to $40 or build your own for less. Until you've used one, I can't tell you how nice it makes that job. Driving around with ten year old brake fluid is not a good thing. Not only is your brake system probably less efficient than it should be, but maybe more importantly you are allowing moisture contaminated fluid to lay in your system. This WILL eventually lead to failure of something in your brake system, be it a master cylinder, a booster or the ABS unit. It's a whole lot cheaper to change your brake fluid every two years than to have to replace an ABS unit in ten.

Len
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