How to Stop Brake Fluid Leak
Mark SimpsonDescription
Commonly used DOT 3 & 4 brake fluids are notorious for their ability to damage paint. Here’s a quick tip to stop brake fluid from leaking and keep your engine compartment looking its best.
Adding brake fluid to a car can be a little bit challenging in some years and makes. And what's a little more challenging about it is the fact that brake fluid will strip paint off of cars. So you gotta use a little bit of caution, a little care and you want to make sure you're ready to, if something should go wrong. For our car, we have a remote reservoir mounted up on the firewall, but it's still not the easiest thing to get to because we've got the hood hinge in the way here. And it's in a little bit of a tight spot. So what I like to do is I just take some old water cooler cups and these are available at your office supply center and these make great little funnels, although you can get like 500 of these for pennies on the dollar compared to buying disposable funnels. And then when I'm ready to add brake fluid, I wrap the container with a paper towel. And what this does is when you do finish pouring, it usually has a little bit of drip and that catches then on the towel and won't end up on my finish. Then when I'm ready to remove the funnel, I use that towel then to pull it away and we can complete the job without getting any brake fluid on the car.
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You got to be kidding me, if you need to watch a video on how to literally not spill a fluid your pouring in your vehicle you literally have no business working on any vehicle.... The video is titled " How to stop brake fluid leak " when in reality it should be titled " How to not spill brake fluid when refilling reservoir ". I came here to see how to stop brake fluid leaking (from engine) , not how to stop brake fluid leaking when you have single digit I.Q.'s.
I pay for this service; why is it showing me a non-skippable ad?
How to Prevent Brake Fluid Leaking! My Wilwood Reservoir on my car actually leaks fluid down my firewall and has removed the paint!