stunt man t Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 (edited) i work in a motor factor and can get a litre of this for under £4 inc vat which is a lot less then royal blood is (£35 a litre) warranty runs out on the brake in 2 months anyway so if it doesnt it dont matter and id say oil would be better then water plus ive heard echo brake leak when bled with water (i have a echo tr 2009 brake) or should i just use water? ideas?? would it work?? spec sheet Edited April 29, 2010 by stunt man t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borat Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 09 echo tr brake + water = Win! Fact! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunt man t Posted April 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 09 echo tr brake + water = Win! Fact! must be just the old ones then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeanuckleJive Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 I've heard of people using citroen LHM before with gold results but sod it, use water! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borat Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 must be just the old ones then? Yeah, the cnc'd ones (older ones) leaked like a bitch. The new ones, I know loads of riders running water and they say it's fine, never leaked once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sstein Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 LHM is perfect substitute for magura blood and as you say it is a lot cheaper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe' Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 any mineral oil is fine including LHM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben John-Hynes Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 If you wanna water bleed it people advise that you take out the master cylinder and clean the aids out the lever body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted May 1, 2010 Report Share Posted May 1, 2010 Looking at the specs it shouldnt be too different to oil! Good find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunt man t Posted May 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2010 If you wanna water bleed it people advise that you take out the master cylinder and clean the aids out the lever body. i tryed using oil with the syringe and it didnt work ( must be because of the way i do it?) open slave grub screw, attach pre-filled syringe and hose to slave open lever grub screw, attach hose push all the fluid threw from slave to lever then detach hose from lever put grub screw back in tight remove hose from slave and put grub screw back in tight so i just bled it in the kitchen sink with water worked first time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eep803 Posted May 1, 2010 Report Share Posted May 1, 2010 I've seen the citroen LHM fluid mentioned as a good replacement for royal blood. Not used it myself though, but always had it in mind for when I needed to bleed mine. I think its specd for higher pressures or something techy than most other hydraulic fluids, something to do with it being used in the hydraulic suspension of the old citroens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe' Posted May 1, 2010 Report Share Posted May 1, 2010 oh for f**ks sake! its very good! use it. geeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunt man t Posted May 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 I've seen the citroen LHM fluid mentioned as a good replacement for royal blood. Not used it myself though, but always had it in mind for when I needed to bleed mine. I think its specd for higher pressures or something techy than most other hydraulic fluids, something to do with it being used in the hydraulic suspension of the old citroens. and also car brakes, even cars with front disc brakes, BX.. XM etc (seems like this stufs bin around since the dinosaurs ) oh for f**ks sake! its very good! use it. geeks what was the need for this comment? im just seeing if itll work and if it does then itll save people money how am i ment to no people have tryed it? im lost without my crystal ball lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeanuckleJive Posted May 2, 2010 Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 how am i ment to no people have tryed it? im lost without my crystal ball lol I searched about it ages ago and found TONS of threads about people using it Probably should have done that first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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