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Old 12-16-2009, 08:48 PM
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Courtesy of people who need them even more than us: street racers. YMMV, widely.

http://forums.evolutionm.net/evo-tir...ct-thread.html
 
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Old 12-16-2009, 09:25 PM
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Some further thoughts on bleeding brakes, from BMW people.

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/arc.../t-394830.html
 
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Old 12-16-2009, 09:28 PM
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One excellent point made several times in different places, but which i don't believe I've seen here, is this:

If you're doing a flush: *suck out the reservoir first*, and fill it with fresh fluid. No sense going to all the trouble to pump that old stuff *through the lines* just to get rid of it anyway...
 
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