Darker front brake fluid - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

EZBRZY · 09-04-2015, 09:58 PM

I just flushed my brakes for the first time. I did right rear, left rear, right front, left front. I'm just wondering about this, but the fluid when I bled the the rears was almost clear yellow, but the fronts were totally black. Is that normal or did I bleed them in the wrong order

swarb · 09-04-2015, 10:15 PM

Front brakes make more heat so they would make the fluid change color over time. As long as you flushed all the black out you should be good. Normal.

Mr.ac · 09-04-2015, 11:25 PM

If your worried the color, buy a larger bottle of brake fluid and just bleed them till it comes out clear. Just make sure the reservoir is nice and full.

EZBRZY · 09-05-2015, 12:33 AM

thanks, yeah it's yellow in all four corners by the time I finished, I was just wondering why it was so much darker in the front than the back but that makes sense now

thunderlights · 09-07-2015, 06:15 PM

How much fluid did u end up going through?

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86kahl · 09-08-2015, 02:39 PM

I'd get a liter to be safe and have some left over to use for bleeding later on. I went through about 800ml and that was being very thorough

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EZBRZY · 09-09-2015, 05:55 PM

Yeah one 500 ml bottle is kinda stretching it for a full flush. A liter leaves you with a good amount of leftover

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09-04-2015, 10:15 PM	#2
swarb Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Drives: BRZ Location: Los Angeles Posts: 3,053 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,451 Times in 1,271 Posts Mentioned: 79 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Front brakes make more heat so they would make the fluid change color over time. As long as you flushed all the black out you should be good. Normal.

09-07-2015, 06:15 PM	#5
thunderlights Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: BRZ Location: Toronto Posts: 88 Thanks: 14 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	How much fluid did u end up going through? Sent from my SM-G850W using Tapatalk

09-08-2015, 02:39 PM	#6
86kahl Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Drives: whiteout, dark tint Location: SOCAL Posts: 308 Thanks: 2,453 Thanked 335 Times in 133 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I'd get a liter to be safe and have some left over to use for bleeding later on. I went through about 800ml and that was being very thorough Sent from my toolbox

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