How to Flush Your Brake Fluid // Bleed Your Brakes at Home! (feat. my 3rd Gen Toyota 4Runner!) 

Anyone can admire how meticulous she is when addressing and explaining the technical side of things involving vehicle maintenance. Great video 👍🏻

Your hubby is lucky . He has the best mechanic out there changing his brakes❤❤❤❤

She seems like a very through mechanic.....the type I'd want working on my vehicles. Keep up the good work ma'am.

This is proof the phone listens all the time. I was watching All Girls Garage Saturday and this pops up now.

Also, in typical Faye fashion, you explain this so well that I’m starting to think I can actually do it on my own. 😎🤩

It's such a pleasure to watch a mechanic who is meticulous and pays attention to all the details!

Thanks for all the help. It's awesome that you included a version with less tools. Sometimes I find videos like this where every step looks doable then they bust out a fancy tool I don't have and move on to the next step. A lot of us watching these videos aren't mechanics and are working on our car because we can't afford the shop, so I really appreciate the low budget version.

Great tutorial, & the home made brake bleeding plastic bottle is a good idea (for those who don't know about it). The only thing I would have mentioned is to first fill the bottle about 1/4 full of brake fluid, & make sure the bleeder hose is submerged in the fluid, to prevent air from being drawn into the brake lines during brake pedal release while bleeding brakes. Otherwise, very meticulous work & great enthusiasm!🙂

I learned that same philosophy about stirring up the fluid from a grandmaster in my very first shop. It’s great to keep passing down old school knowledge from some of the greats.

You know, back in Providence those bleeder screws would have broke😀 It must nice to work in an area were they don’t salt the roads

Great video, Faye! One mention on the homemade bleeder set up, especially for solo brake bleeds/flushes. It's a good idea to make sure the hose reaches all the way to the bottom of the bottle as well as having enough brake fluid covering the end of the hose before getting started. This prevents those pesky air bubbles from sneaking back up the line.

I did this to my truck and works perfect,thanks Faye,you are incredibly smart and super adorable.

She pays attention to detail. These videos are excellent.

My Suzuki SX4 needs a brake fluid change so I will follow every step from this video. Thank you

I really like her attention to detail. All of the little things add up

I really appreciate how generous you are with your knowledge 👍

I wasn’t going to watch this since I’ve bleed brakes probably a hundred times but to my surprise I learned a few things. I enjoyed watching also, well edited somehow made it look like a fun job, even though I always dread doing it. Great video!

Great job showing a few different ways to bleed the brakes.

Good video that covered some great points. I've been bleeding and flushing brake systems for over 30 years and I managed to learn something I didn't know watching this. For the last five or so years I've migrated to a pressure-feed system that introduces fresh brake fluid into the master cylinder reservoir under constant pressure (about 10 psi) and allows me to collect the old fluid from each caliper by just opening the bleeder. Although it costs more and requires a bit more care and concentration, I've found that for me it produces the best results faster and more reliably. But, the bottom line is, ALL the methods you described will do the job, the key is to change your fluid before it corrodes and damages the expensive components in your system (like the ABS pump).

Digging the Coat hanger idea. Great Video.

Once again great informative vid, my professional lovely pixie.

You have amazing eyes and a great laugh!! And you really know what your doing! Keep up the great work Faye!!

Excellent! Very clear and straight forward explanation of the process. You make it look so easy.

Thanks again Faye! The DIY bottle bit is fantastic.

I always use the water bottle trick. I love it. A cheap tool that has not failed me in 40 years.

Think I found my new favorite mechanic channel

Faye, it's GREAT to see Grim again. Thanks!

I’m paused at 7:29 and am just blown away at the lack of rust. Like, my GOD, what the hell!? A NEW car on the LOT here in CT will have rust already.

Great video, Faye. I love the homemade bleeder bottle idea. Simple solutions for everyday problems. Keep up the great work.

I want to thank you for your videos. My granddaughter loves working on machines with me and her dad. Oh and she is 7 years old and loves to wear a dress.

She still bringin it.outstanding.

Using the line wrench is a great idea. An old guy here, and my dad taught me to use a line wrench on the bleeder valves when I was a teen back in the '70s. Also, to be sure to use a 6 point socket if using a socket. Those bleeders are kind of delicate and are easily rounded off with an open end wrench or a 12 point socket. These videos are true tutorials in that they are full of useful information. So much so, that I often have to rewind in order to catch all of the tips being presented.

Really appreciate your videos and smiles!

Great to see young people doing great presentations and being in business for themselves.

I like that the engine compartment is nice and clean.

I have been working on my own cars for decades. Amazed by all the little tricks you employ to get the job done. Could have used these videos years ago!

Just bought a 3rd gen 4runner to love on and all your video's are super handy!

Great video, and as always your energy is infectious!

Thank you! I just ordered a one way bleeder valve, think it will be easier than my hand operated vacuum bleeder

I love the way you take time over each step of every job. Great inspiration for someone like me who tends to rush a bit sometimes :-)

I just changed the master cylinder on my ‘96 4Runner and bled the brakes. Great videos! I love showing my daughter positive female role models like you! Keep up the good work.

Perfect timing! Just bought the one way bleeders and I am eyeing the little plastic bottle next to me. Thank you Faye! The snail is adorable!

Love your humor and how thorough you are.

I've learned a lot from this video. Thank you - a beautiful young mechanic.

Another great video. Love the 3rd gen 4Runner, I have a 98 sr5 that I wrench on as needed.

The gas station, late 1960's, where I worked as a kid used soda pop bottles. The mechanics all smelled like Mountain Dew and Spanish peanuts. I was the peddle pumper and fluid level guy, it was easier for the tech with a lift. I needed to use a ladder to get to the reservoir... you make the job look way cooler.

Wow. I thought changing your brake fluid was difficult to do . It looks fairly easy.. Thank you Faye for the DIY. I can do this. 👍 wish me luck

Great video from this young lady,old school technique remind me my dad doing that about 50 years ago .

Great tutorial, I like the way you use your rags to clean up spills, also you keep your tools very clean and organized. You also explain things very well. thank you.

Love your videos, you are sooo inspirational. Please keep making the tutorials, they're great for home mechanics like me.

not only are you a brilliant mechanic but you're a first class instructor as well, great personality too.

The last four minutes of this video is my favorite!! Most channels don’t show this part! Thank you Faye!

I love listening to your voice. I like watching you do these things. I do all these things myself but you make it all very interesting.

I watch RU-vid videos, often about things I already know how to do, hopefully to learn from others. I'm not a licensed mechanic but I've been working on cars in my spare time for over 50 years. I learned A LOT from your video. I didn't know there is a brake bleeder screw with a check valve. I doubt I'll use that technique but it is interesting. I like your suspended plastic water bottle technique. I use a glass pickle jar sitting on the ground with a hole drilled in the lid for the hose and another hole to vent the container. As someone mentioned, it's a good idea to have the bottom of the tube in the jar submerged in brake fluid before you start bleeding the fluid. I've used the same glass jar for years. It is very stable and never tips over. Suspending your plastic bottle solves the tipping issue. I've heard some say the bottle should be above the bleeder screw but I've done it both ways and noticed no difference. When I am using the two person technique, the hose loops up from the bleed screw before going down to the container. Pedal pushes fluid up over the hump and gravity takes it down to the reservoir. I didn't know about the brake fluid bottle on top of the master cylinder. That tool will save me trips back and forth to keep fluid in the master cylinder. I've never used a pressure bleeder except for the hand pump version but that would definitely be nice to have. I try to really clean the master cylinder like you do. That small tube from the pressure bleeder will clean areas of the master cylinder that I can't get to with my turkey baster. It's a good day when I find a reason to buy another tool ;-) Excellent video!!!! Definitely one to Like and Subscribe.

Well spoken and direct to the point!!!! I Loved it.

This is such an awesome channel. Faye, you do an amazing job explaining everything. Keep up the great work

I like her extremely positive attitude. Uplifting.

I’ve been using those 1 person bleeders with the little cone shaped end you push into the bleed valve. I guess that’s not a good way of doing it. I like the idea of the one way valves, though I’d not heard of them until now. Thanks for that - and the better way of getting your friend to help. The way I was shown years ago seems over the top and uses more fluid, also too aggressive. Always happy to learn a new/better way!

Very thorough and informative video, dig the blue streaks too

Great and lovely work

Great to see someone well qualified creating these how tos

So fun to watch! Thanks!

13:36 Great tip about properly disposing of used fluid. One thing of note for those with young kids is to store these used fluids up high where they can't be mistaken for off-limits drinks like cola and accidentally ingested. I've heard horror stories of some close calls with this type of situation.

Awesome way to start the week!! Thx Faye......✌🏾

Definitely used your video to flush my brakes while I was replacing the pads and rotors. Awesome stuff.

I love watching you. You are so fun and great vid. Take Care Faye

Well done and great presentation. I'm now looking for an old water bottle. Thanks for sharing!

Very good. i suck at doing brakes. Lots of little best practices to pick up on that I'm probably not doing.

Looks about same color fluid I got out of my 05 Colorado. Used a turkey baster to clean the reservoir out and the Motive brake bleeder. 👍🏻

What a great video! I'm planning to flush my '96 4Runner's brakes this weekend and this is by far the most detailed and easy to follow video I've found. Plus, I could listen to you talk all day! Love your enthusiasm! Thank you!

Good video for the beginner AND the experienced.

You're awesome! I love watching all of your how to videos! Thank you!

Love the homemade budget approach! I may have to use that if my wife gets fed up with me asking her to pump the pedal while i bleed brakes lol. I have a 89 supra, 05 camry and 11 4runner. The method you explained here works for all of them!

Excellent video . I have spent most of my life using the bottle with aquarium tubing and I enjoy how you go thru all of various levels of tools and techniques

Faye thank you for being so detail! I now have the confidence to do my breaks. Thanks Juan.

Love your energy enjoy your vids too

That Capri vacuum bleeder is nice. I also love those spring loaded bleeders. I didn't know they made those! I usually don't have a buddy around so I have to jam a board or other random piece of whatever between the brake pedal and seat. Makes bleeding take forever! Thanks for all the tips.

Man... every time am in a bad mood i watch faye and man i calm down quick she seems soo nice. And also learn new things too. Love it :) also love her tat's

Don't really work on cars, or really know much about fixing them BUT i have enjoyed your videos ! love the energy keep on being you!

Thank you. Great video. Ya I don’t have friends to help with this. Thanks for all the info. I appreciate it. Pump those brakes!!!!!! You rock!!! ❤️❤️

Love you're videos ! I have a 09 Tacoma that got a frame replacement in 2020 , the dealer had it for 2 weeks and the day that I picked it up I found out that they didn't finish the job as they should have . I brought the truck back to work and a co worker found fluid leaking on the ground so I returned truck to the dealer and they finished tightening brake lines going to abs module. Wasn't real happy that the dealer did such shoddy work!

Only person I would trust to work on my car. All tho I do work on my own car. Lol but I love the personality. I wish there was people like her were I work at as a tech. I learned Soo much just watching.

This is how to make your vehicle feel newer! Nothing worse than wishy washy brakes and changing the fluid can really help the feel if the fluid is old. Great video.

You are awesome! Before now I never knew this tool existed and I was very happy to see that such a vacuum bucket compressor attachment existed! It's going to make bleeding the brakes on my forerunner so much easier!

Excellent video! I've never flushed a brake system (so far!), but now I do know how. And I love how meticulous you are with the details (like cleaning the bleeder valves and putting little caps on them). And I even think your shop chickens are cute! Thanks Faye!

Great video Faye! I’m not bleeding my brake lines but every once in a while I need a little pick-me-up and your videos certainly do that. Thanks!

Fantastic video! Thanks for showing the DIY brake bleeder, I will definitely make one and use it.

Very impressed with your skill and knowledge across the videos I've seen, appreciate the sharing. Thanks.

Great video. You are a true wrencher.

Excellent. A syringe, like you might get with printer ink refilling is also good for emptying the reservoir. I got one of the vacuum bleeders just the other week. It came with an upside down fill bottle and the fill bottle was the best bit of the kit. This was for a daily driver rather than my Toyota. My vacuum bleeder came with a load of caps but, like you I found the hose alone was fine. Important to drain the hose to minimise mess as you did. I found the vacuum bleeder quite often pulled air around the threads of the bleed nipples rather than out of the system. This was even on a low air setting. Also don’t forget the clutch (if it’s hydraulic)! My service manual suggested an amount of fluid to pull through the bleeder for both brakes and clutch so I put graduations on the vacuum bottle by filling it with water while on a set of scales and making my own 100mL graduations. I then scraped the plastic at these points, put marker pen on the scratches and covered all this with clear tape for permanence. The vacuum bottle should unscrew from the lid for emptying, too. As I couldn’t be sure the fluid pull was spot on (esp on rear brakes for some reason) I ended up doing more of a gravity fluid swap. It’s a bit slower but very steady and with the upside down bottle it’s very safe. I also opted to check there was no air in the system the next day. I had a small bubble in one rear and a bit in the clutch. Now the brakes and clutch work sooo much nicer. I was doing other work on the brakes, but it’s amazing what a difference new fluid makes. Thanks for your vid!

Sup Faye? thank you so much, the video is fun to watch and I like ur style, you flipped all Mechanic boarding videos to a interesting videos to watch. I was looking to video to help me with my work 01 4Runner and I got lucky to get great instructions through ur clips. Thanks again and best wishes from all us from Houston.

She’s a winner !!! Awesome tutorial

Little suggestion for the techs up here in the rust belt. Especially on an older ride like this one. We experience this phenomenon know as rust. You may want to four post a vehicle on Jack stands and pull the wheels, simply because those bleeder screws can have and will stick. Having the extra hand room to use a long 10mm or longer ratchet will save you sooooo much cursing. Welcome to the “Wonderful World of Corrosion!” Oh, an pump them first. I dunno about stirring up anything, but I want the calipers and cylinders loaded to take out as much old brake fluid as possible. Especially with the “buddy system” technique it’ll ensure you get a solid pedal and fresh fluid across the board. Nice work as always ma’am!

thank you for the links to the bleeder check valves and the bleeder bottles. used your links to purchase both!!

Thank you for the video, making my make shift bottle now!

Nicely done, thanks Faye ❤️👍

A nifty trick I learned from other youtubers when flushing brakes is for that rubber/silicone tube to make first a loop upwards then it can go down, so as to not introduce air bubbles back to the system when u are are going to tighten the bleed valve, but I think that makes more sense when u are only using gravity and not using a sucking device that pulls the liquid out forcefully. The idea described above should work because of that upward loop within that small section of the tube between bleed valve and loop there will only be liquid free of any air bubbles so when u decide to tighten the valve there will be no air right past the bleed valve that could potentially migrate back in the system.

Awesome video ! Keep em coming

Great work and great personality!

Thanks Faye! The internet appreciates you!