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Originally Posted by Pete_89T2
Hopefully it will stay that clear yellow color for a long time. Two things turn new brake fluid into that crappy dark brown color - (a) Absorbing moisture in the air over lots of time, and (b) Residue from all the deteriorated rubber seals in the MC & wheel cylinders. So in about month, if you notice the fluid color is becoming noticeably darker, you know that you got (b) going on, and you might want to speed up your plan to overhaul the MC & brake hydraulic parts before something breaks.
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No pun intended? Yeah, I'll keep an eye on it. A full overhaul is planned but I need to get the general maintenance stuff done first. My funds for "fun stuff" are running a little low with the purchase of the car and I need to give the FC some love so I can't go crazy replacing things right now.
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Originally Posted by t_g_farrell
Rebuilding seems like a good idea on the MC/WC/Calipers until you have to redo em 6 months
later. Trust me I know. Right now I have a leaking right front caliper because a) I couldn't
get a rebuild or new one on the right side and b) I went ahead amd rebuilt it. It works ok
until it decides to spew fluid at some point under hard braking which then elicits load
squeeling until it burns off the leaked fluid. I definitely wont track it like that and will have
to either rebuild or replace with a good unit. I must have pinched the piston seal somewhere
during reassembly.
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I'll admit I've never tried a rebuild. Mostly because I'm impatient and reman'd units are fairly cheap. I think a lot of the rebuild failures are due to components being beyond the hope for repair like pitted/scored pistons and bores.