Brake fluid replacement

It is difficult to overestimate the importance of brakes in our lives. It's about security. For the brakes to be in order, a timely replacement of the brake fluid is required.

Instead of doing this to the fullest, some motorists practice its partial topping up.

The replacement of the brake fluid is clearly regulatedall auto manufacturers. As a rule, it needs to be changed after two to three years or through 36,000-60000 km of run for mass cars and through 5000-10000 km for a luxury car.

Replacing the brake fluid VAZ occurs on the same principle as in other cars. The temperature of its heating in the usual mode (along city roads) reaches 150^aboutWith, at extreme driving - to 180^aboutWith, and at braking reaches up to 200^aboutFROM.

In this there is nothing to worry about, because the producers produce a liquid with a boiling point of up to 265^aboutC. It absorbs moisture during operation from the air, substantially reducing this temperature. If the brake fluid reaches 2-3% of water, boiling will begin already at 145^about-160^aboutC, there will be a steam lock brakes ie. failure of the pedal.

To avoid this, it is necessary to controlthe temperature of its boiling with a special device. Its probe is immersed in a liquid, heated, determining the boiling point with an error of 3%, the whole process takes no more than 1 minute.

Equipment for brake fluid replacementis a simple set of tools and tools. You will need screwdrivers and keys, a piece of transparent hose and a container for waste fluid.

For the procedure it is desirable to have an assistant, it is good if the car will be wound on the flyover. In what order is the replacement of the brake fluid in the device?

First you need to change it on the back right, then the front left, the back left and finally on the front right mechanisms.

Do not fill the drained liquid. So, replacing the brake fluid in order:

- exclude the possible movement of the car;

- Open the stopper on the master cylinder reservoir;

- add a new brake fluid to the tank;

- remove debris from the air release valves and release the working cylinders of the brake mechanisms from the caps on all wheels;

- Tighten the tube to the bleed valvethe working cylinder of the brake mechanism, start (as was written above) from the mechanism located on the rear wheel on the right side, the opposite end of the tube is inserted into the bottle;

- crush the brake pedal four or five times, with small intervals between them in a couple of seconds, then keep it pressed;

- open the valve, from which air is released, the brake fluid drains from the valve, the pedal must be pressed again. After she stops the leak, close it;

- previous manipulations for brake mechanisms of all wheels in the above order;

- test your work by applying pressure to the brake pedal, pedal movement should be flat for all presses.

It is also necessary to update the brake fluid inhydraulic clutch release. The operations are the same, only the clutch pedal and the above hydraulic drive are involved. Return all items in the reverse order to their places.

As can be seen from the above, this procedure is quite simple.

Now with the brakes will be all right, and on the roads you will not suffer the misfortune in the form of their "failure." You can be calm for your life and the life of your loved ones.
Neglect of this procedure can lead to unexpected twists and turns in your destiny.