Aerotop Dave Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Getting the flashing warning light on acceleration and braking so I'm going to check/add brake fluid. Er... so where is the thing I'm meant to be checking, and where does one obtain this 'brake fluid' stuff from, and is there different types and what type do I want? I check oil and water but beyond that I pay a small manservant at the garage to do my bidding as I don't understand cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Look at this pic http://www.pbarfield.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=4&pos=2 See the drivers side there's a opaque white container with a black lid? (Sitting on the shiney rod known as the master cylinder) That's where the brake fluid goes. What are you topping up with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Fill it up with RBF600 Motul Brake Fluid from Opie Oils or CW.... But when filling it up wobble the resevoir as it tends to report a false full...Ie it hasn't filled all the sub divides properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerotop Dave Posted January 5, 2006 Author Share Posted January 5, 2006 That thing at top left, yeah? Excellent, I think even I could manage to find that. What are you topping up with? I was going to use 'brake fluid' (very Jake-esque). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerotop Dave Posted January 5, 2006 Author Share Posted January 5, 2006 Fill it up with RBF600 Motul Brake Fluid from Opie Oils or CW.... But when filling it up wobble the resevoir as it tends to report a false full...Ie it hasn't filled all the sub divides properly. Blimey, I'm selling the thing I don't want to splash out. Can't I just bung Halfords Super Glug or something into it? Ta for the filling tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Make sure it's DOT5.1 and you'll be ok (Motul is about £8 per 500ml's) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 I was going to use 'brake fluid' (very Jake-esque). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parksy Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Can you just top up with 5.1 if it has dot 3 or 4 already in there? Is there any issues involved in this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 It's DOT5 that you can't mix. It's always preferable to top up with what's in there...but if you don't know and can't do a full flush then just get 5.1...at least you know some of it's good quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesG Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Dave, *don't* get it on your paintwork! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Dave, *don't* get it on your paintwork! Or anywhere else for that matter...but of course it does say that on the label. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerotop Dave Posted January 5, 2006 Author Share Posted January 5, 2006 Okay, put brake fluid into white tank doobry and not on paintwork, I got it. DOT 5.1 from Halfords. Okay. Wish me luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blert596 Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 My brake fluid is very low and I cant get it into a garage and am off on a lcouple of long runs over the Xmas period. I have absolutely no idea what is in there at the moment but was filling up my birds car with petrol earlier and saw and picked up some Esso dot 4 (it was a spur of the moment buy). Is it OK just to put this straight into the brake fluid container direct? I deffo can't get to a garage to have it done properly, and the warning light is coming on loads now. Thanks for any help. Edit: Sorry, I have a NA by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 My brake fluid is very low and I cant get it into a garage and am off on a lcouple of long runs over the Xmas period. I have absolutely no idea what is in there at the moment but was filling up my birds car with petrol earlier and saw and picked up some Esso dot 4 (it was a spur of the moment buy). Is it OK just to put this straight into the brake fluid container direct? I deffo can't get to a garage to have it done properly, and the warning light is coming on loads now. Thanks for any help. Edit: Sorry, I have a NA by the way. That's fine to use. If the fluid was very low the light would be on all the time, it's very conservative. If you fill to the very top with worn pads, fitting new pads will eject some fluid back into the reservoir and it will overflow. So if your pads are low and the lights not on all the time I'd leave it and check it regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blert596 Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Thanks a lot Chris. I will put enough in to get the level sort of midway between the max and min which should see me through the immediate panic hopefully. I've no idea if the pads are worn low, (no idea how to check really), but will get it into the garage after Chrimbo when things are a little less hectic. thanks again Billy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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