For those wondering, brake fluid attracts water (except for DOT 5, silicone based I believe, still goes bad) causing the boiling temperature of the fluid to drop. Will cause other issues as well.
Unlike glycol based DOT 3,4 and 5.1 fluids ( hygroscopic ), DOT 5 silicone brake fluid will not absorb water from the atmosphere, but you don't want water with it also. yes DOT 5 goes bad and looks like snot and is a pain to clear it all from the lines. never mix brake fluids either
Great tool. I use oil sample bottle, gun, tubing, and a piece of vacuum hose for brake systems. Cheap, small, and portable. Yeah never had much luck trying to change oil or trans fluid through a suction gun. Even tried an old holley fuel pump. Just too slow. Thanks for the video.
I have one from a different company thats seal has gone bad, but I have used it for sucking the oil out of the HPOP, transmission fluid out the dipstick hole, remaining oil on my coolant after replacing the oil cooler, but not for brake fluid yet. Thank you. Always great videos.
I have a similar device and love it for all the lawn equipment. I have a small nail in the shop wall at the right height to hook the end of the hose on and keep it at the right height to drain all of the residue out of the hose into the vacuum pump.
A few days ago I got up early to flush the brake system on my girlfriend's 2001 Silverado, well I had to wake her up on her day off to pump the brakes, I'm getting her one of these to make it up to her. Sens- a-tive. ;-)
I have a fluid transfer pump with a drill drive attachment. It’s pretty nice when you need to remove fluid that’s still good and fill into a clean container so you can reuse. Saved me a few gallons of motor craft coolant the other day just flushed the fluid a year ago. Only a few dollars for the pump I believe.
I bought one and thought it was great till the 4th time I used and the plunger snapped off the rod the steel actually broke I will fixed it just bad luck
That's cheaper than the harbor freight one that doesn't even have the valve. Amazingly enough you managed to find a way to give me buyers remorse over the harbor freight version.
Hi,,thanks for the domo.be for i got the " mighty. vack " pump system.i was useing solvent resident spray bottles, & epoxying a threaded brass adaptor to it...that is 4 x the size & much faster.thanks👍👍👍
For shade tree wrench monkeys like me, I recently found the "Mighty Max?"( I think it is called) and have used it to test for vacuum leaks and bleeding brakes. Hey, Stephen do you think you can do a review on that from a more armatures point of view?
You're thinking about a Mity-Vac hand operated pump. I've used them for years and it's a good tool for brakes, vacuum systems, etc. It's easy to foul an MV with brake fluid, though, because the catch bottle is small. It swells the seals then you have to replace them. This tool seems like a better option for brake and other fluids.
Great tool...I have been using a tubing pump for the same thing. The only thing That’s different Is I can also fill with it. I use it to fill the oil on my Honda CRV 4WD Rear end. It’s a lighter weight oil from Honda. It would not Work well In he winę on heavie oils. Thanks......Jim PS.....the pump was made by Black & Decker and it was called „the Rabbit pump”.....or iack rabbit pump, no longer mfged.
@@sierraalpha9847 @techadjunkie is sort of correct; I think he meant on the end of the engine dipstick tube; my last 3 boat engines, an OMC I/O and two Volvo Penta I/O, had that type of hose connector on the end of the dipstick tube; its meant to attach a short garden hose to it and to a drill pump to suck the engine oil out.
Great video and those are great tools to have around the shop. I made my own out of pvc pipe its on my channel if you care to check it out. Works great
brake fluid should be changed every few years also its a good idea to drain the calipers once a year because as you know the fluid doesnt circulate in the system it kinda stays in the same place so all those hot cold cycles when you use your brakes makes it go a bit bad. you bbe surprised how much your brakes can improve by just bleeding out the calipers. i used to be a 2 man method guy i never trusted any single man bleed systems. but ive recently discovered the gravity feed method it is slow but its so simple. keep the reservoir topped up pump the brake pedal until its hard put a tube on the bleed nipple of the caliper open it up and let it drain into a container. if you are doing a full bleed them you just leave it open until it comes out clean, doesnt seem to matter where you start on this either you can start on any corner, but you will find the first one takes the longest. obviously im no mechanic and i got time on my hands so this method is fine but if you are in a rush or work by the hour then certainly this device you are using is going to be a great tool! i wish we had this tool in the uk we only seem to have ones for brake bleeding which only takes half a litre so thats no good!
if you're going to power bleed your lines and have the regular bleeder one, 2 people is best, 1 to keep the reservoir full the other to vac. until fresh fluid is seen with no air bubbles ( no need to pump the brakes until they are all done and make sure they work before hitting the road ). a good tip when you do brake, you want to start with the furthest away from the reservoir then work your way to the closest ( assuming you're doing all 4 ) there are also 1 way bleeder nipples to replace the oem ones, but I have never tested them so can't offer an opinion
Mark Carriker's tractor is being restored on another channel. Stephen Cox, give him a shout out on your next video! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jnJrv_DcSIA.html
Hey, guy... you're one of my favorite creators... but did I hear you say brake fluid changes every 30k miles? Wow. You must be LOADED. My rule of thumb is every two years. I mostly work on Hondas; they recommend every 3 years, and you MUST use genuine Honda brake fluid only or it could damage seals. That stuff isn't cheap. Gotta pick it up at the dealer or order it. You got me hyped about this vacuum pump thing... but after I looked at the cost, I think I'll just stick with the handheld vacuum pumps for now. Thanks for the video :)
I don't know if I want to buy that. It sucks. Looks like I'll have to talk to my wife into getting me one. Or better yet I'll let you talk to her hahaha
You're literally the first person I've seen, to actually consider the mobile platform users. The features that don't show up, as apposed to "regular" desktop view...
