Brake / Clutch bleed / Fluid replacement advice

Assuming you have a manual, there is a little black box with a bleed screw down in the engine bay that you can reach from the top. As long as that fluid is fairly fresh, you won't need to bleed there every time, just at the calipers where the fluid heats up and gets bubbles. Furthest to closest is right... back right, back left, front right, front left.

 

F1 is a different system

 

A bit of confusion and clarification here...
You have an F1, so the above statement regarding a shared reservoir with the brake MC is not true.

On an F1 car, the clutch is actuated by hydraulic fluid, not brake fluid. The fluid is contained in a reservoir in engine bay. To service the clutch or F1 fluid, a factory SD-3 or equivalent tool is required.

 

Don, I don't think you are understanding what David is saying.

The brake and clutch only share the same reservoir and same fluid on a non - F1 car. F1 cars have a separate reservoir with hydraulic fluid to operate the clutch and actuator. That system has nothing to do with the brakes and brake fluid or brake fluid reservoir.

 

Don- Just for info's sake, the F1 system uses the same transaxle, clutch, and throw-out bearing as the three pedal version, but the T/O bearing seals are different because the F1 system uses what is basically synthetic hydraulic fluid. Probably a good idea to have your local expert change the F1 fluid and bleed the system. He will need an SD3 factory diagnostic tool to do that, or its equivalent (Leonardo, etc).

 

All that explaining is awfully wordy...

 

For someone with 5 posts, I figure he can use all the explaining he can get.