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Originally Posted by t walgamuth
dkveuro,
thanks for the tip about pushing the calipers back. i have always done this but probably not any of my cars so far have had abs. i will try to keep this in mind. cleaning the res sounds like good insurance too. i often suck them out with the baster, but that wouldnt get it all would it? is there a low area in the res that will collect debris and never empty fully?
tom w
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Tom...the res' has two chambers and the front one on the 123/126 etc is difficult to clean. I use a Water Pick in the shop bathroom to clean it out...have used hard rice in stubbon dirty res' to knock loose dirt....also with a few drops of Dawn or liquid Tide.....shake it like crazy and do over a couple of times.
....... blow dry with shop air and rinse out twice or more with brake fluid your going to use, to absorb the H2O....you'll know when it's clean.
Alternative is to buy a new res'....they come high$ with two float units per.
Mech' to owner some time later .." I think I found your brake problem sir..."
Owner.." Oh? What did you find."
Mech' .." Seems your car was owned by Asian people
in the past "
....holding up rice grain.
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