Water is heavier than brake fluid true, but it will not collect near your caliper UNLESS the brake fluid is saturated with water to begin with (after 2-3 years or so) - at which point the water will precipitate out and you will have actual separation.Some HPDE sponsoring groups, including PCA, require proof of a yearly fluid change. For a street car every 2 years should be fine.
Hello; This is a WAG on my part. A guess is maybe the antilock system is affected. Had an experience two years ago. Had to change out both rear calipers on my pickup. On one side had problems getting the bolt out of the banjo fitting. The brass washer was jammed onto the bolt threads. By the time I got it freed a lot of fluid had leaked out.
I would have hoped that Ford dealership/shop would have a specialized equipment to do it right. Do you have a link to your thread? I would need to figure out how the antilock fits into it first and this may help.
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There are brake fluid test strips that measure the amount of copper in the brake fluid (Phoenix Systems) and I wondered where the copper came from. I was told that the steel brake lines have an inner liner to prevent corrosion and as the fluid becomes more contaminated from moisture, it begins to cause the inner liner to deteriorate and the amount of degradation shows up as copper. Apparently the industry agrees that this is a great way to test degradation of the brake fluid, but I wondered, wouldn't the copper disappear once the liner is completely gone? Hence if that is the case, the moisture meter would be better, especially if the lining is gone. Moisture is a bad thing to have in a brake system not only because it lowers the fluid boiling point, but it also causes corrosion in many of the metal components, especially critical on many ABS valves, etc.
I've never had ford do a good brake fluid flush. They always manage to get air in the system. I would either take it back and have them fix it or just bleed it the old fashioned way and make sure you don't have air in the system!
Some HPDE sponsoring groups, including PCA, require proof of a yearly fluid change. For a street car every 2 years should be fine.
So all of the bleeders are essentially the same. What changes is the connection adapter to the master cylinder so you'll want to find one for Ford. I think I originally got mine off Amazon. I bought a Honda adapter later for my Accord and my wife's Insight. I always end up having to look up how to use the thing again because it's not like you change brake fluid often unless you track a car.
