Brake Fluid

[gpotts200]

What Brake fluid have you used on your 944 street car? What is your favorite brand for street use?

[ghnat]

ATE Super Blue... Great for street, auto-x and track.

[gpotts200]

How often do you flush your fluid to retain the high dry rating of the ATE fluid?

[ghnat]

Some folks flush after each DE event, but they are FAR better and faster drivers than I am. I do it 2 times a year right now. The car is not much a daily as it is on jack stands more than it is on the road, but I assume it takes a bit of work to sort the car out.

[nynor]

ATE blue.

[944 boy]

I used to use ATE blue. Recently both the 944 and Boxster got Motul RBF600. Great stuff, but 2-3x more expensive than the super blue.

[porsche4life]

The reservoir says USE ONLY DOT4. So I used the brand of DOT 4 that I could get locally.

[nynor]

Originally Posted by 944 boy

I used to use ATE blue. Recently both the 944 and Boxster got Motul RBF600. Great stuff, but 2-3x more expensive than the super blue.

is it 2-3X better? if so, i will be using this in the future.

[gpotts200]

I ended up going with Valvoline Synthetic DOT3 & 4 fluid, since it was available locally and met both DOT3&4.

http://www.valvoline.com/products/consumer-products/brake-fluids/dot-3-4-brake-fluid/28

Thank you for all your input, I may try ATE super blue next time.

[jcommin]

Change fluid every other year, DOT 4, Valvoline.

[BeerBurner]

I use ATE Blue in both of my cars and Castrol LMXWhatever in my wife's car. I put in fresh fluid prior to track days or change the fluid every other year, whichever comes first.

BB.

[Dave L]

dot4 with the oil change at the start of the season.

[jackrussell]

Originally Posted by ghnat

Some folks flush after each DE event, but they are FAR better and faster drivers than I am. I do it 2 times a year right now. The car is not much a daily as it is on jack stands more than it is on the road, but I assume it takes a bit of work to sort the car out.

I just installed new clutch master and slave cylinders, but I didn't bleed the brakes when I did the clutch cylinders. Was that a big mistake?
Can I just go back and bleed the brakes now to change the fluid in the brakes?
When you do the regular brake fluid change, do you also bleed the clutch again?

[gpotts200]

Is it possible to reach the bleeder for the clutch without removing the starter? Can this be done with the car on the ground if a pressure bleeder is used?