Anyone want to guess...

[Murf]

...when the last time the brake fluid in my new turbo was changed



no, thats not a bottle of tesco savers coke!!

Brakes have been transformed by the fluid change, plus i fitted late spec turbo vented discs and the bigger calipers to my early turbo.
Bring on the track days

[Sander]

29.000 years ago?

[chris1roll]

mmmmm, yummy!

I helped guitarcarfanatic change his brake fluid a little while ago.....The stuff that came out of there was RED (??) with gloopy bits in it, and a black floating sediment... god knows what it was, I reckon someone had maybe put ATF or similar in by mistake...

[Murf]

ATF???? no wonder the brakes were crap!

Big question is, what do i do with the old fluid? Do i just pour it down the drain like you do with old engine oil??

[stu chacks]

...
no, thats not a bottle of tesco savers coke!!

Oh no, not cr@p pop!

Old brake fluid/engine oil - take it down your local municipal tip - they'll dispose of it foc without killing off the enviroment.

Watch yourself as that brake fluid is REAL nasty stuff - ended up in the docs when I was younger after getting it on my hands changing the brakes on the MG, fingers swelled up then split open with all white gunge coming out of them few weeks afterwards, scared the cr@p outta me at the time. Will show you the scars at the next meet.

Good reminder for me to do the ES and GT.... Ad, you free to pump them pedals sometime?

Stu.

[guitarcarfanatic]

mmmmm, yummy!

I helped guitarcarfanatic change his brake fluid a little while ago.....The stuff that came out of there was RED (??) with gloopy bits in it, and a black floating sediment... god knows what it was, I reckon someone had maybe put ATF or similar in by mistake...

Yeh that sediment was the worrying thing about it! The brakes worked brilliant after that which is a good thing....The richmod has a special way of making you wanna go faster and faster!!!!

[piper1st]

Big question is, what do i do with the old fluid? Do i just pour it down the drain like you do with old engine oil??

you cannot be serious!?

Here is a link to the recycling/disposal sites for Glasgow residents:

- - http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/ ... lingSites/

(i'll be checking up!)

[VanDerGraaf]

You've had it now Murphy- Ross is onto you!
My last oil change went to the dump- now scared of brake fluid after Stu's horror story!

[levin]

What brake fluid did u use?

I noticed a big big difference after bleeding the whole circuit and changing it to dot 5.1 spec. Much much, much better

Oh, and that's gotta be TESCO's savers COKE. No other fluid has that kind of nasty color! oh wait.. maybe volvo brake fluid after 4 decades..hmmmmm

[martinholmesuk]

send it to norfolk lol

[stu chacks]

You've had it now Murphy- Ross is onto you!
My last oil change went to the dump- now scared of brake fluid after Stu's horror story!

Ross is right, no need to dump rubbish now, take it down the tip!

If you use Dot4 (or is it DotIII?) brake fluid, it's a silicone fluid that doesn't absorb moisture, so in theory doesn't deteriorate like standard fluid which absorbs moisture out of the system (and goes skanky). It also has the added bonus of being non-harmful to skin too.

Downside is it cost 4times as much.....

Just wear those surgical gloves when handling me finks!

Stu.

[piper1st]

Ross is right!

there's a first for everything!!


Always remember the 3 R's Principle

Reduce - Reduce the amount of rubbish you create.
Reuse - Reuse items such as carrier bags, lunch boxes etc.
Recycle - Go to your local recycling site.

[Murf]

Spot the council worker!!

I used castrol dot4 fluid, supposed to have a higher boiling point than normal stuff, should be at good at £10 a litre!
I didnt use 5.1 cos the seals get eaten by it on early cars.

As for the old fluid, i put it in my soda stream and made some tasty beverage with it!!

(only joking, who has a soda stream these days!!??)

[Big Brother]

...
no, thats not a bottle of tesco savers coke!!

Good reminder for me to do the ES and GT.... Ad, you free to pump them pedals sometime?
Stu.

You know me, just let me know when

[Dan the 480 Man]

Would this not be a good place to recommend my 'hole digging and oil pouring in local nature reserve' post then?

I'm guessing never... Do i win?

[catgroom]

Hey Dannus,I find the best thing to do with used oil is to accumulate a woodpile behind your sheddus.

Then,when you have to empty your oil container,pour the oil over all the wood and most of it gets soaked up by the wood and not the ground..........ish!!!!

[robkendall]

Hey Dannus,I find the best thing to do with used oil is to accumulate a woodpile behind your sheddus.

Then,when you have to empty your oil container,pour the oil over all the wood and most of it gets soaked up by the wood and not the ground..........ish!!!!

good thing about that is then when youve finished your crafty fag, just flick the butt at the pile to remove all traces of any indiscretions!
rgrds
rob

[Ally]

Hey Dannus,I find the best thing to do with used oil is to accumulate a woodpile behind your sheddus.

Then,when you have to empty your oil container,pour the oil over all the wood and most of it gets soaked up by the wood and not the ground..........ish!!!!

good thing about that is then when youve finished your crafty fag, just flick the butt at the pile to remove all traces of any indiscretions!
rgrds
rob

Probably makes good homemade fire-lighters too!

[chris1roll]

Hehe, 75 litres of used engine oil to start a bonfire......

Was a bit hot......and black smoke........