Brake Fluid change - Sprinter Van

A100man · World Chat Champion Joined: 19 Aug 2013 Karma :

I read worrying things about ABS pumps.. yet some folk post that they let it drain through 'gravity' with the bleed screws open, Some pressure the resevoir, some the old school 'UP' 'DOWN' with an assistant - which is what I've done in the past.. This is the first 'modern' vehicle I've had to do this with. Alas, Youtube is not much help...

Thoughts?
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dransy · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 May 2005 Karma :

With my vivaro , granted its an 06 but still has abs ive just always bled the brakes like I always have done . I'm no mechanic by any means but surely abs pumps will only be active with the engine on anyway ?

I replaced all the brake fluid about 6 months ago with a pipe and bottle and just pressing the pedal down
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doggone · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 May 2004 Karma :

You're right to be cautious it only needs the sensors to think brakes are no-worky and it can develop into a major computer says no saga where it won't let you start it.

blurredman · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Sep 2010 Karma :

Indeed, seeing as you're not actually opening up the lines by say replacing pipes or hoses or calipers etc, then the bleeding process in itself I should have thought should not trigger computer shit to go boop boop bap bap. Just don't get ahead of yourself and forget to keep topping up the reservoir..
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A100man · World Chat Champion Joined: 19 Aug 2013 Karma :

Ok .. just to put this to bed I found this.
Essentially there two levels of bleed.
Standard/regular and 'Exceptional'.. Exceptional requires the operation of an OBD system in this case Mercedes Xentry..

Robby · Dirty Old Man Joined: 16 May 2002 Karma :

Generally for anything with ABS I just do a normal change, then trigger the ABS a few times to mix the old stuff with the new.

A brake fluid change is never going to eliminate all of the old stuff and replace with new. It doesn't need to. As long as you've flushed out most of the crap and filled in with mostly-new fluid, it will all mix together. Brake fluid is very good at sorting itself out like that.

Better to do a reasonable brake fluid change frequently, than a really good change less frequently.