Bleedin' da brakes questions Options

[ahdoman]

Hey all,
Just a couple of brake bleeding questions and a little background as to why I am doing this; Just finished installing the 5 lug conversion in the front (carrera brakes). So I had to unhook the brake lines (lost a little on the garage floor) and the newly rebuilt calipers need to be bled.
1) This is a long shot but; my brake fluid is blue in color. Any guesses as to what kind it is? I'd like to use the same DOT formula and not have to bleed the entire system.
2) If I do have to bleed the entire system how much fluid does the 914 hold and any recommendations for brake fluid?
3) I still have my proprtioning valve in place. What are the chances that the rear brake lines were effected? I am hoping to just bleed the front for now and bleed the rear brakes when I do the 5 lug conversion on the rear later this week.

Thanks for your help.

[Eric_Shea]

I personally think "you don't". I've heard of people cracking the lines and getting a good portion of the air out but you can get a "good portion" of the air out by simply bleeding the brakes.

With the p-valve the air simply has to be forced out during the normal bleeding process. If you don't put a "serious" stomp on the pedal while bleeding you won't get it to open up effectively and you won't be able to get all of the air out.

I recommend the "buddy system" bleed technique and then driving the car once you get a decent pedal. Take it out for a couple of days of RR tracks and back roads. Do some empty parking lot panic stops and then re-bleed for a final time.