Quote Originally Posted by BigTruckDriver
What about flushing the system with alcohol ? Whats the procedure?
Unless you were going to "try" silicone, for the most part just a flush with regular fluid should do a sufficiant cleanup of the old fluid. Either way, take a turkey baster, suck out the MC brake fluid and fill it with fresh then bleed the system - just make sure you don't pump the brakes without any fluid in the MC or it will just take a bit longer. You can get different color fluids to tell when the new stuff is coming thru. When I do it, I go around each of the bleeders at least 3 times just to make sure - but it is messy even with a hose and catch can. An alternate way as long as the MC is above the brake cylinders or calipers is to gravity bleed them thru a clear hose into a clear bottle with a bit of fluid in the bottom covering the end of the hose - but just don't expect to do it in a hurry - like hours. Then you have to do at least one pressure or pump and hold bleed. Or if you have a MityVac pump you can try to suck it out, but I have never had much luck with mine

JUST DON'T SPILL ANY OF THE FLUID - OLD OR NEW ON YOUR PAINT AS IT WILL ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY GO THRU IT TO BARE METAL