Thanks much for your replies Mxfrank and 97 SL320. This is my first brake job on a car... most experience has been on motorcycles and this is my daily driver in the winter, so I'm a bit sheepish about getting it right.

MX, So DOT 5 is OK with ABS? I've read some ditties lately that led me to assume it was not which is why I decided to go back to DOT 4. At this point, with all the horror stories (taken with a grain of salt, of course!) I'm leaning on going back to DOT 4 specs.

97', I though of running DOT 4 through until it ran amber, but I saw a video that showed DOT 5 floating on DOT 4... I imagine it would be difficult to get all the DOT 5 out if it's lighter... perhaps not?

Thanks for your help!

-l-

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