Brake Fluid - How much

[Jon280]

Had a bit of a search, but cant find an answer to the following:

I need to replace the brake fluid in my wedge, how much brake fluid does it take? Brakes are standard with no mods.

Also, i don't have the facilities to get all 4 wheels off the ground at once, is bleeding it with the rear or front raised independently OK, or do i need to contort myself to get at the bleed nipples with the wheels still on if it needs to be flat and level?

Cheers!

[KKson]

Amount of fluid depends upon how long you leave the nipples open for. Recently rebuild calipers and bled my system using an Easibleed kit, which I highly recommend. Uses tyre pressure to force the fluid through and is a one person operation, so wife wasn't disturbed. I bled the back first, then did the front furthest from reservoir and then finally nearest. I used 500ml of fluid. I kept bleeding until no more air came out. I did do a short bleed, then stamped on the pedal a few times and then bled again and a little more air came out. Pedal is now rock solid.

[simonwedge]

Doesn't hold that much brake fluid, a litre will be more than enough.

The car doesn't need to be level to bleed them either. Start bleeding from the back, there's only 1 bleed nipple at the rear - accessible when you take the passenger side wheel off. Then do the passenger front and the wheel nearest the master cylinder i.e. the drivers side front, last.