WHY FLUSH THE BRAKE SYSTEM???

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Brake fluid contamination, is a serious and could be a dangerous condition, that could lead to brake system failure.

Contamination can be caused by dirt falling into the master cylinder container, when checking the level, Or by moisture absorbed by the fluid from the atmosphere. Or from deteriorating rubber parts in master cylinder or flex hoses or wheel cylinders or calipers or some valves etc.

 

Brake fluid contaminated by moisture, dangerously lowers the boiling point of the fluid to the point that, even under ordinary condition, your brakes could get hot enough to cause the brake fluid to boil, causing a spongy pedal, low or even no pedal at all.

 

Again, as a result, the moisture, along with the steel lines, rubber hoses, cast iron, aluminum and brake fluid temperature that can reach 450 to 500 degrees, causes electrochemical reaction that makes the brake fluid so acidic, that it can result in early failure of brake components.

 

Brake fluid contamination has become so much a concern of some major car manufacturers that they have added it to their required maintenance. Failure to change your vehicle brake fluid can result in very costly repairs, especially if you have ABS brakes, where some parts could be in the few hundreds of dollars.

 

SO WHY NOT HAVE YOUR VEHICLE’S BRAKE SYSTEM SERVICED.

Here at:

THRIFTY MECHANIC SHOP

200 Fuller Rd. Unit 20 Tel (905)683-1112

 

This service includes:

 

  1. Check brake fluid for moisture and contamination.

  2. Inspect all brake lines and hoses.

  3. Inspect calipers and wheel cylinders.

  4. Inspect master cylinder and booster.

  5. Clean out dirt and old fluid from master cylinder.

  6. Flush old fluid out of master cylinder, calipers and wheel cylinders until clean.

  7. Top off master cylinder with new brake fluid.

  8. Road test vehicle for proper brake operation.