To do this correctly, indeed, you'd have to bleed at each caliper. You'll use less than the smallest bottle of fluid you can find.
Brake and transmission fluid change cost full#
This isn't a full system fluid change, but it's far easier and better than nothing. Add new dot 3 or dot 4 fluid which will be compatible with whatever is in your car now. If it's dark, as mentioned, get a turkey baster (that's not mechanic talk for some special tool.we use an actual turkey baster) and suck out the fluid in the reservoir. The flashlight shining at the reservoir is a great trick. I confronted them after I saw my bleeder screw covers as dirty after as before, and they got very nervous and said it's not a real flush, we replace the fluid in the reservoir and it eventually circulates. What I hate is that my local Honda dealer charges the lower amount, but they still let the records show it as a flush of the lines. It's my understanding the point of the three year replacement is that the moisture adversely affects your ABS. If your brakes work fine, it's not a big deal. Maybe next year pay for a flush and check each bleeder afterwards to see if they appear to have been bled. To feel better, you can suck it out with a $1 turkey baster, and replace it with Honda fluid, then it'll look clean. No big deal! Maybe they did the proper bleeding and replacement of the fluid in the lines (should have been maybe $150ish) last year or they just sucked out the reservoir and replaced the few ounces (maybe less than $100). If you paid less than a $100, the dealer may have just done a "turkey baster" fluid swap from just the reservoir. IIRC, that fluid change cost around $110-120 in the Midwest. That time I was able to observe the tech use a one-man bleeder to bleed at each wheel. One time I was lucky at the dealer and the car was in the bay next to the viewing window. To check for evidence of a brake bleed is harder, you have to see if the bleeder caps were disturbed or if you are unlucky like me, the sloppy indy tech left fluid all over tire sidewalls and 3 missing caps. I've seen them use off brand stuff before where it isn't as critical like swaybar links.īefore a brake fluid change, I always shine a flashlight through the side of the reservoir to get an idea of the color before, then again after the service is complete. The non-Honda mechanic supposedly used Valvoline DOT3 and my DIY effort used Lucas Oil brand, so the brand might have an impact on color too. When I've had true brake bleeds done at each wheel at independent mechanics (one a Honda specialist) or DIY, I've found the fluid to stay clearer longer. Is it likely I did not get the brake flush last year? Or, have I got some major problem going on with the master cylinder, the brake linings, or some other doomed whatchacallit car part?īased on my previous dealer experiences, I've found that the genuine Honda brake fluid darkens quite quickly, but this might also be due to the possibility of the dealers only swapping out the fluid in the master cylinder reservoir as mentioned above. Between two Honda dealers service departments, and he didn't want to be responsible? Thought there might be the start of a real ***storm going back and forth. Maybe he hesitated, based on what I had told him about the last brake flush. Normally, that it was they do at the service dept, do their best to upsell everyone. Now, it makes me wonder why he didn't want to pursue the dark fluid report he got from the technician, try and persuade me to have it done today. Maybe I shouldn't have said anything at all about prior routine maintenance.
I did tell the service writer at the Honda place today that I had gotten a brake flush last year at the "other Honda place". The brakes seem to me to be working fine, on today's paperwork the measurements for the front brakes was 7mm, 6mm for the rear (visual inspections)Ĭan brake fluid get that dark (contaminated) in such a short time? Without some other symptoms of brake trouble showing up? Or did I pay $140 last year for a brake flush and new fluid that I never got? The mileage between last year's supposed new brake fluid and today is only 1,524 miles.
Today, went to a different Honda dealership because of a $29.95 coupon for oil change (in the Wunnerful World of tax-free Delaware ) Oddly, service writer didn't bring this up when checking me out, later I discovered the notation " brake fluid very dark" on the paperwork. At the same time had oil change, transmission fluid, and power steering fluids also changed. This was done at a Honda dealership service dept. It had been more than 3 years so I didn't argue. Last year, around this time, had the brake fluid flushed and replaced.
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