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bear100

Member Since: 22 Mar 2010
Location: South Wales
Posts: 1921

2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Santorini Black

Brake fluid change how to do?

I want to renew the brake fluid on my 110 puma, i can’t recall its ever been done

I have never done it before but can't see any problems.

Synthetic DOT 4 i believe is the right fluid? or the 5.1?

am i right in saying:-
fill reservoir
attach hose to drivers calliper nipple
hose in jar with fluid
crack open nipple
son presses the brake and fluid comes out
before the brake peddle is raised tighten nipple
and repeat until fresh fluid appears
same with other callipers? 2016 Range Rover Autobiography 4.4 TDV8
2010 110 XS Utility 2.4TDCI
2010 Range Rover Sport TDV8 (gone)
2007 Discovery HSE TDV6 (gone)
1993 110 csw 200 tdi (gone)
1994 90 HT 300 tdi (gone)
1994 discovery 300tdi (gone)
90 hybrid 3.5 v8 (gone)
Range rover bobtail 3.5 v8 (gone)

2nd May 2020 7:50am

UtilityTruck

Member Since: 09 Jan 2014
Location: Oxford
Posts: 463

If you’re feeling lazy you can suck the fluid in the reservoir out with a syringe and replace. It’s obviously not going to bleed out any air, but if your brakes are performing OK it will at least remove a decent amount of old fluid that could have absorbed water. 2014 Keswick Utility 2.2

2nd May 2020 8:28am

bankz5152

Member Since: 02 Feb 2017
Location: South London/North Kent
Posts: 2186

Got diagnostics & ABS? You can pressure bleed it.

Start with the furthest caliper from the master and work forward. Instagram @defender_ventures
Empire Tuning - Agent

2nd May 2020 8:57am

bear100

Member Since: 22 Mar 2010
Location: South Wales
Posts: 1921

yes and yes, makes sense to do the furthest!

Lol

I'm not in a lazy mood today!

But the method is ok isn't it? 2016 Range Rover Autobiography 4.4 TDV8
2010 110 XS Utility 2.4TDCI
2010 Range Rover Sport TDV8 (gone)
2007 Discovery HSE TDV6 (gone)
1993 110 csw 200 tdi (gone)
1994 90 HT 300 tdi (gone)
1994 discovery 300tdi (gone)
90 hybrid 3.5 v8 (gone)
Range rover bobtail 3.5 v8 (gone)

2nd May 2020 9:11am

bankz5152

Member Since: 02 Feb 2017
Location: South London/North Kent
Posts: 2186

Doddle then.

With diagnostics select pressure bleed, different all all models.

Open all bleed nipples and run a line into a jam jar etc... and top up the res. Press bleed.

Run it a couple times. Test. If you need to run the same process but individually from furthest to closest.

Mega easy. Instagram @defender_ventures
Empire Tuning - Agent

2nd May 2020 9:19am

bear100

Member Since: 22 Mar 2010
Location: South Wales
Posts: 1921

Easier than i thought!

Thank you!

2016 Range Rover Autobiography 4.4 TDV8
2010 110 XS Utility 2.4TDCI
2010 Range Rover Sport TDV8 (gone)
2007 Discovery HSE TDV6 (gone)
1993 110 csw 200 tdi (gone)
1994 90 HT 300 tdi (gone)
1994 discovery 300tdi (gone)
90 hybrid 3.5 v8 (gone)
Range rover bobtail 3.5 v8 (gone)

2nd May 2020 9:31am

LR90XS2011

Member Since: 05 Apr 2011
Location: bickenhill
Posts: 3645

2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Galway Green

I did mine like this with no issues

sucked old fluid out of reservoir with small pipe, gravity drained

filled reservoir with nice new clean fluid

used a cheap easi-bleed device

bled each caliper in turn until nice new clean fluid came out

bled each caliper again just to be sure

topped up the fluid

happy days DEFENDER 90 TDCI XS,

I hope everyone is well and your land rovers make you happy

2nd May 2020 3:28pm

bear100

Member Since: 22 Mar 2010
Location: South Wales
Posts: 1921

Whats in an easy bleed device them?

Looked on halfords and theres a few different ones 2016 Range Rover Autobiography 4.4 TDV8
2010 110 XS Utility 2.4TDCI
2010 Range Rover Sport TDV8 (gone)
2007 Discovery HSE TDV6 (gone)
1993 110 csw 200 tdi (gone)
1994 90 HT 300 tdi (gone)
1994 discovery 300tdi (gone)
90 hybrid 3.5 v8 (gone)
Range rover bobtail 3.5 v8 (gone)

2nd May 2020 6:41pm

LR90XS2011

Member Since: 05 Apr 2011
Location: bickenhill
Posts: 3645

I used this one, dead simple and worked AOK on mine

https://www.halfords.com/tools/hand-tools/...21141.html DEFENDER 90 TDCI XS,

I hope everyone is well and your land rovers make you happy

2nd May 2020 7:51pm

Roger

Member Since: 26 Apr 2018
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 71

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Java Black

bankz5152 wrote:
Got diagnostics & ABS? You can pressure bleed it.

Start with the furthest caliper from the master and work forward.

Start with the furthest? I thought you started with the closest and then worked to furthest? That said, does it even make a difference?!

+1 on the eazi-bleed kits - less than a tenner from Halfrauds, the one with the container is very useful as it saves it spilling everywhere! Used it on SWMBO's golf today, will do the defender in the next couple of days.

3rd May 2020 7:20pm

bear100

Member Since: 22 Mar 2010
Location: South Wales
Posts: 1921

In my world of all pipes and fluids we work from the closest to the furthest, but it may be different in other worlds?
I don't think it really matters in this instance though.

3rd May 2020 8:04pm

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