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I don't track my car, and so I only flush the brake fluid every 2 or 3 years. But, in that simple process - brakes working fine when I start and pedal being firm when I finish - I use a full quart of fluid. So I'm not sure how 16 oz would fill a dry system. My wife gets the "pump the pedal" duty, and we usually do about 8 to 10 full pumps to the floor (close the bleeder each time the pedal is let up) per caliper and follow the order in the manual as Larry stressed. I also followed the NSX-Prime write-up on flushing the ABS without the ABS bleeder tool. Again, I maybe overdid it -- I used a whole quart of fluid just for that. I exercised each of the four solenoids multiple times. I've owned the car since 2000, and this was the first time I did the full ABS flush routine. Before that I simply did the turkey-baster thing and changed the fluid in the reservoir. My ABS used to do its 20 seconds of clacking when I did a hard stop at the bottom of my steep driveway after the car sat for about two weeks. After the flush, I've never heard it clack again. And the ABS definitely works, as tested by making that hard stop in my driveway littered with the Fall leaves.Frank'96 NSX-T, red/tan
I don't track my car, and so I only flush the brake fluid every 2 or 3 years. But, in that simple process - brakes working fine when I start and pedal being firm when I finish - I use a full quart of fluid. So I'm not sure how 16 oz would fill a dry system. My wife gets the "pump the pedal" duty, and we usually do about 8 to 10 full pumps to the floor (close the bleeder each time the pedal is let up) per caliper and follow the order in the manual as Larry stressed.
I also followed the NSX-Prime write-up on flushing the ABS without the ABS bleeder tool. Again, I maybe overdid it -- I used a whole quart of fluid just for that. I exercised each of the four solenoids multiple times. I've owned the car since 2000, and this was the first time I did the full ABS flush routine. Before that I simply did the turkey-baster thing and changed the fluid in the reservoir. My ABS used to do its 20 seconds of clacking when I did a hard stop at the bottom of my steep driveway after the car sat for about two weeks. After the flush, I've never heard it clack again. And the ABS definitely works, as tested by making that hard stop in my driveway littered with the Fall leaves.
Frank
'96 NSX-T, red/tan
