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[pincher]

Going to change the brake fluid for some Super Blue ATE, as it seems to be well liked on here (I do mostly road driving but will do a couple of trackdays next year). Question is, how much does the VX need? I did a search but nothing showed up. Will a litre be enough?

[Duncan VXR]

1.5 litres will be enough I got this but pumped out loads after caliper changes and still have some left. Prob get away with 1 litre if its just a change

[slindborg]

I got away with less than 1L on a fluid change... If the fluid in there is of duibious nature then I'd get a load of cheap DOT4 from a motorfactors, flush that through a lot then push the ATE through the "clean" system.

[pincher]

Cool - no idea what is in there or for how long. Might go with the cheap 'flush' suggestion

[pincher]

OMG! Just looked at the bill for the last service (Dec 2007) to see if the brake fluid was changed then and noticed the following;

Remove front wheel, disconnect brake calipers, ensure free movement of caliper pistons. Clean brake disc faces, fit new brake pads, re-assemble & road test.

Item - 1 set brake pad.

Price Incl. VAT £291.40

and then

Replace rear brake pads.

Item - 1 set brake pad.

Price Incl VAT £268.49

Clucking bells! Glad it was the previous owner that paid for that and not me!!

[mandarinvx]

[techieboy]

Fook me. Absolute bargain.

[pincher]

Fook me. Absolute bargain.

Quite.

And then there was the service and MOT on top of that!

[Retset]

I used just under a 1 litre tin of ATE for brakes/clutch. Had another standing by which is still sealed and will be used soon.

[pincher]

Anyone know the best place to get Super Blue? Cheapest I can find is £20 a litre plus postage. Anywhere better than that that Google doesn't show?

[techieboy]

Cheapest I could find when I was looking a couple of months back. Didn't bother getting it in the end though.

[pincher]

Ta muchly . Why didn't you get it in the end?

[techieboy]

I was ordering a load of oil from Opie Oils and they didn't stock it, so thry did me a deal on a couple of litres of Motul DOT4 stuff instead. Just couldn't be arsed to do two seperate orders (although it looks very good at that price).

[pincher]