Mk1 Mx5, how much brake fluid?

[kazman]

As per title really, want to do a brake fluid change and wonderd how much fluid I need to buy? Have scoured the net but not found anything conclusive.
Thanks!

[peterg1955]

To make sure you've flushed through all the old brake fluid you want to allow for up to half a litre per wheel so I would buy two litres...

[MX-5 Lazza]

Really? I used around half a litre!

[kazman]

Thanks chaps (though I am still a bit confused).
I want to remove all the old, so i need the volume of the reservoir plus the purging of the lines. I figured on buying a couple of bottles anyway (2 L total), it sounds like that should be sufficient?

[peterg1955]

MX-5 Lazza said:

Really? I used around half a litre!

To truly flush out the complete system you actually need to bleed quite a lot from each corner to ensure that all the old fluid has been pushed through.

Half a litre could be enough but for the sake of another tenner I would use at least a litre and would prefer to have some spare in case of problems, so long as it remains sealed it would last until the next change...

[skinny]

i use 1 litre for a flush