Do not shake the fluid before pouring it in your vehicle - the air bubbles will foul up your brake lines. When adding fluid to your Civic, it is important to check your owners manual for the correct type to add - it likely be either DOT 3, DOT 4 or DOT 5, also known as silicone brake fluid. Brake fluid will also make your paint peel off if you spill it on your Civic, so be careful not to spill it. If you are adding brake fluid to your Civic on a regular basis, you should check for leaks (we have a video for this too!) As with most fluids in your engine, brake fluid can cause serious harm if you get it in your eyes, so be sure to wear safety glasses and gloves. The video above shows you how to add brake fluid to your Honda Civic. If you don't have enough brake fluid in the brake fluid reservoir, air can get in your brake lines and your Civic won't stop properly. It could be a case of different car/part, different procedure.When you hit the brake pedal in your 2013 Honda Civic it pumps brake fluid down to your brakes which increases the pressure to make your car slow down. Again, I don’t know if the Accord and Clarity share the same TMC. My first thought when it was mentioned that the power needed to be on for the second step of the bleeding process was that the appropriate valves, including the pedal feel simulator, would be in the correct, open/closed, position for the procedure. Unknown to me if it is the same part from the Accord. The Clarity PHEV also has a tandem motor cylinder. I certainly wouldn’t be terribly impressed with a shop that didn’t know how to perform the work prior to providing an estimate. It would also seem to be necessary to require two people for the brake fluid bleeding process on just about any vehicle, so that should be factored into the labor estimate. It was also interesting to note that the shop time for replacing the TMC and bleeding the system was only 1.7 hours. I appreciate the effort on your part to find the info. It could be a case of different car/part, different procedure. This how I bleed the ABS part of our 1995 Accord (replaced by the Clarity PHEV) after replacing the master cylinder.Ĭlick to expand.Great info. BTW, I think one can exercise the ABS system by just braking hard on sand or gravel. However, there have been posts on the Internet of people just doing vacuum bleeding at just the four wheels of the Clarity PHEV. After Rajiv's post, I am concerned that I will need to follow a more complicated procedure and also bleed at the bleed screws at the tandem cylinder (on the passenger side firewall). My plan was to do vacuum bleeding just at the four wheels to exchange the brake fluid. If I cannot find anything freely available online, I will probably have to sign up for one day's access to the Honda Tech website. I am still looking for the bleeding procedure that is specifically for the Clarity PHEV although I had thought that the procedure for the Hybrid Accord would be identical. Also, there are no special tools, electronic procedures, or even pressure bleeding mentioned. It is interesting to note that procedure described for the Hybrid Accord does not mention turning on the ignition and that the whole procedure described is done while the battery is disconnected. Then, the calipers at the four wheels need a second bleeding. As well as initially bleeding at the four wheels, the tandem motor cylinder cylinder needs bleeding (at two bleed screws) as the motor replacement opens the hydraulic system to the air. This service bulletin gives the bleeding procedure after the motor is replaced. The recall necessitated Honda making public the service bulletin: Early last year, some Hybrid Accords were recalled to replace an electric motor in the braking system. I mention pictures because I have been looking for the brake bleeding procedure for our Clarity. I have compared the under the under the hood system of our Clarity PHEV to pictures of the Hybrid Accord system and they look about the same. Second, I think that the Clarity PHEV braking system is very similar to that of the later model Hybrid Accord. This might partly be the result of Honda's two man bleeding procedure as described below. An initial comment is that an extra $140 charge for an additional 1/2 hour of time seems high.
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