Dopey said:
I screwed up, I meant to say, you can put a cap full in your tank, it will grab onto water and burn it off, good for cleaning your brakes, and washer wiper fluid just a cap full though
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So that I'm clear, you're saying add a capful of isopropyl alcohol to my EMPTY master brake reservoir, shake it around, pour it out, let it dry, then fill with DOT 4?
 
Rover9676 said:
So that I'm clear, you're saying add a capful of isopropyl alcohol to my EMPTY master brake reservoir, shake it around, pour it out, let it dry, then fill with DOT 4?
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yea its ok it will dissipate and should leave it clean, it burns off
 
Thank you for reassuring me. Attached is the cleaned reservoir. I will pry it off and rinse with the alcohol and let you k ow how it goes.
 

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I have never used Simple Green (is that an american product? dont know what residues it leaves behind
 
I when I purchased the used unit I googled how to clean and found a UK owner that said to soak with "Clean Green." Couldn't find that in the U S. Simple Green is an environmentally-green biodegradable all purpose cleaner/degreaser that doesn't suppose to leave a residue
 

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Well it did leave a light residue on the wall of the main chamber but I got it off. However, the smaller separate chamber that you can't access still has a light stain towards the top right-side but I thinks that the old fluid. I just didn't know whether rinse again or leave it alone. Isopropyl alcohol dries fast so that may be worth a try.
 

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The thing is plastic will yellow, the only way I know of to get it white again is to leave it in the sun and it whitens up again (but I dont know why that works but it will)
 
All I need is a capful? Remember the tank is empty. Since the reservoir is divided into 2 or 3 separate chambers, not sure if I can get a capful on the other side of the reservoir. Can I pour maybe 1/2 a cup?
 
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