Brake Fluid

[Formula95]

I was checking over my car before the marshfield event, and when I checked my brake fluid I noticed it was a greenish black color instead of being clear. I had flushed the brake fluid last year when I put on new pads and rotors. Is that a sign of boiled brake fluid or is there something else happening.

[Posihead]

I just did a complete front and rear brake job on a 2001 Ranger, and the fluid was greenish black, but all the brake parts and fluid was original with 104,000 miles... I don't have a good answer as to why yours is like that after only a year. I doubt it boiled, because the boiling point of any decent fluid is around 500+ degrees!

[Formula95]

huh, stuff i used was the worlds greatest. super tech

[DirtyBird]

thats just brake fluids natural happenings going on. As the fluid oxidizes, it goes greenish, then looks like coffee after a couple years. Most manufacturers recommend a brake fluid flush every two years regardless of make. brake fluid is really brake fluid, and unless you race professionally or hot lap/time attack. so no worries, its just normal.

[Posihead]

huh, stuff i used was the worlds greatest. Super tech

yay walmart!

[Formula95]

yay walmart!
Ya get what ya pay for

[Formula95]

I'll have to see what happens after the next lapping day.

[TomKat]

Brake fluid gets dirty. Especially if you are beating on the car.

Flush it again.

[Formula95]

ok I'll flush it again

[VPT]

Even flushing that stuff remains on the walls of the resivior, lines, prop. valve, abs units, etc. I normally wipe out whatever I can in the resivior and flush a few times if it was real dirty. It sometimes takes a few flush's at different times to get it mostly out. Like say, flush your brakes when you change your oil for 3 oil changes. Maybe more if it was real dirty.