need help.. weird issue that i never heard of..
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Motul RBF 600 or 660
AP Racing 550 or 600
ATE Type 200 or Super Blue
Some of those will be hard to find. For stuff you can just pickup, I'd go for either MB OEM (can't go wrong) or Valvoline synthetic DOT3/4 (Autozone).
The key to brake fluid is to change it often, once a year would be really good. It was amazing how much better pedal feel was after I changed my fluid.
The fluid I had was WAYYYYYY overkill, but, that's just how I like things.
PS. Personally, I would look for Motul RBF-600, if I couldn't find that, I'd go for OEM.
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we'll see dude. ill probly be at his place in the AM.. gots stuff to do in the PM.. 
we'll see man.. we'll keep you updated. hey! what did MJ say the right way to do the bleeding? clockwise from the rear right first?
we'll see man.. we'll keep you updated. hey! what did MJ say the right way to do the bleeding? clockwise from the rear right first?
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hahaha! yeah dude. let me bring you some tom. on the PM might go to tha beach. lol. dunno yet. wanna come with? ill be there around 10am. want vodka?
snap! how many quarts do i need?!
snap! how many quarts do i need?!
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this is patrick AKA mbcollector:
heres what me and karo accomplished today:
brake fluid flush
re-mount hid ballasts
diagnosed and fixed front left and right wheel vibration. wheel bearings were loose.
laugh your *** off!
this is my original 6 year 85k miles break fluid
heres the difference on new fluid and old.
heres what me and karo accomplished today:
brake fluid flush
re-mount hid ballasts
diagnosed and fixed front left and right wheel vibration. wheel bearings were loose.
laugh your *** off!
this is my original 6 year 85k miles break fluid
heres the difference on new fluid and old.
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Did you have to post picks Karo now i have to do my fluid because i have not done it since i got the car and it has 137,006 miles on it and is 8 years old. oh well at least it is something cheap to do.
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you know, I suspect there are a lot of cars out there with some really old fluid driving around.
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yeah. just look at your brake fluid reservoir. patricks was crazy dirty.
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yeah.. they worked really spongy.
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Eric, Can the oil be from the coil over? Is there oil in the coil over? Cause when I checked he only had oil on one side of his coil over and this was on the bottom.
When you moved his rim his whole wheel shook and and made noise.
The nut in the center was loose:
We tightened that and now it's fine. No more movement or noise.
Now only problem he has is finding out where the oil came from. Also still try to keep an eye on the ESP. The HID ballast was right next to the ESP module (almost touching it-hairline) and we moved that. I'm hoping this is what caused the ESP malfunction and nothing serious.
When you moved his rim his whole wheel shook and and made noise.
The nut in the center was loose:
We tightened that and now it's fine. No more movement or noise.
Now only problem he has is finding out where the oil came from. Also still try to keep an eye on the ESP. The HID ballast was right next to the ESP module (almost touching it-hairline) and we moved that. I'm hoping this is what caused the ESP malfunction and nothing serious.
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i guess the fluid must have been changed in mine before i got it because i looked in the reservoir and it was pretty clean looking. oh well i still plan on doing it because i really don't know when it was changed and it will cost less than $20 to do.
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uuuuhhhhh, I'm kind of glad I didn't ride in his car
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what a relief. After 8yrs that fluid would probably look like beef stew.
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By the way we messed up big and Patrick almost died today.
Thanks god my dad was around.
We jacked the fronts and like an idiot we used the mercedes benz jack to jack up the passenger rear. When we were putting back the rear left tire the mercedes benz jack started to tip over (towards patrick).
We started yelling and cussing in two different 3 different languages (English, Armenian and Filipino)
Patrick's arm got stuck between the wheel and the rotor. I was trying to hold the car up. Then my dad rushed to our rescue. Keep in mind my dad is me and Patrick times 2 so he was a big help. He held the car while I went to get an actual jack.
Then we jacked up the car from the rear (jack stand point) and everything was ok. Patrick was shaking like crazy (felt like he drank 3 monsters all at once. What's weird is whoever comes to my house they leave shaking and then some)
So that was our story.
We didn't want to mention this because we know we will get bashed
but looking back at it, it's just good times.
Thanks god my dad was around.
We jacked the fronts and like an idiot we used the mercedes benz jack to jack up the passenger rear. When we were putting back the rear left tire the mercedes benz jack started to tip over (towards patrick).
We started yelling and cussing in two different 3 different languages (English, Armenian and Filipino)
Patrick's arm got stuck between the wheel and the rotor. I was trying to hold the car up. Then my dad rushed to our rescue. Keep in mind my dad is me and Patrick times 2 so he was a big help. He held the car while I went to get an actual jack.
Then we jacked up the car from the rear (jack stand point) and everything was ok. Patrick was shaking like crazy (felt like he drank 3 monsters all at once. What's weird is whoever comes to my house they leave shaking and then some
)So that was our story.
We didn't want to mention this because we know we will get bashed
but looking back at it, it's just good times.
