How do you change the brake fluid in a 2000 Chevy Malibu?

Answer 1

1. Use a syringe to remove all the old fluid from the brake fluid reservoir 2. Fill the res with new fluid 3. Get a 1/2 meter length of tubing that will fit over the brake bleed valve, and a 1 liter jar to put old fluid into. 4. Get an assistant, place in drivers seat 5. Start at furthest wheel (passenger side, rear) 6. Assistant pumps brakes (5-10 times) and holds the brake 7. Assistant yells HOLDING 8. You, under the car, at the wheel, open the brake bleed valve wait for fluid to stop running into your jar, close the valve 9. You yell PUMP to your assistant Repeat until you get clear fluid coming out, not dark dirty stuff Move to drivers rear wheel, then passengers front, then drivers front. Recycle the old brake fluid! Note: if you don't have an assistant, you can also presurize the system to about 15psi or 1 to 2 bars and just drain it out. ABS Note: after the first bleeding you should go out and do some serious braking to get the ABS to activate, this will get the new fluid into the ABS unit, then re-bleed the whole system. What a pain. You may want to pay someone else to do this. Safety Note: Be sure to test the brakes before driving off, if you bleed the brakes wrong (allow air into the system), you can adversley affect your cars braking performance.