Brake fluid change - what a joke!
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Originally Posted by rodybmw' post='491920' date='Nov 8 2007, 07:10 PM
If the car is not covered under the maintenance plan anymore you can change it yourself....it's pretty easy. You just need to have either a pump, or a vacuum depending on which method you use..........you can also have someone sit in the car and pump the brakes a couple of hundred times while you drain the fluid at the calipers.....good leg exercise.
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Originally Posted by s4iscool' post='491976' date='Nov 8 2007, 09:42 PM
just buy a mityvac, works wonders in other bleeding needs
(*checks web page for MityVac*)
Wow - that's a really nice system. I had never heard of it before... thanks for posting that.
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Originally Posted by bdkinnh' post='492156' date='Nov 9 2007, 09:07 AM
Must..... resist..... urge... for... crude and inappropriate joke.....
(*checks web page for MityVac*)
Wow - that's a really nice system. I had never heard of it before... thanks for posting that.
(*checks web page for MityVac*)
Wow - that's a really nice system. I had never heard of it before... thanks for posting that.
its a great, low cost tool for bleeding nipples
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Originally Posted by Sasha' post='491459' date='Nov 8 2007, 02:36 AM
I went to my mechanic to do the 2 year recommended brake fluid change and I cannot believe how simple that job was. Next time I will do it myself. My mechanic was looking at me like I was mad and according to him this was not necessary as the antifreeze flush.
Does anybody have or can link me any maintanance manual for the 545i?
Does anybody have or can link me any maintanance manual for the 545i?
Yes, it's quite simple .
How much the change by the mechanic ?
Edit : $200 .. Ridicolous!
PS :
Your location in your profile ..
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My opinion was that, since this car stops nice and the BMW recommends changing the fluid, I will do it, but now thatnks to the input I got here, I am taking it more serious. Which makes me think it is time to change the brake fluid on my R1200c.
Now back to my 545i, I got a 6 speed, what about the clutch fluid? Where are the drain and fill places?
Now back to my 545i, I got a 6 speed, what about the clutch fluid? Where are the drain and fill places?
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Originally Posted by Sasha' post='492280' date='Nov 9 2007, 10:33 AM
.....Now back to my 545i, I got a 6 speed, what about the clutch fluid? Where are the drain and fill places?
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Originally Posted by Sasha' post='492280' date='Nov 9 2007, 01:33 PM
My opinion was that, since this car stops nice and the BMW recommends changing the fluid, I will do it, but now thatnks to the input I got here, I am taking it more serious. Which makes me think it is time to change the brake fluid on my R1200c.
Now back to my 545i, I got a 6 speed, what about the clutch fluid? Where are the drain and fill places?
Now back to my 545i, I got a 6 speed, what about the clutch fluid? Where are the drain and fill places?