New tool fail. Turkey baster for brake fluid

[someotherguy]

While working out the brake issues on my wife's SS, I thought, let me score a turkey baster to pull fluid out of the reservoir. Don't know if she has one and if she did I didn't want to potentially ruin it with brake fluid.

Went to the grocery store expecting the usual milky white soft plastic (LDPE? guessing) baster we've probably all seen hundreds of times. Nope. Just one choice, and it's a clear hard plastic fancy thing from "GoodCook" - I'm thinking it's probably polystyrene (PS) plastic. First time pulling brake fluid up from the reservoir, it clouded the bottom half of it instantly and permanently. After emptying the reservoir with it, I noticed it had a bunch of cracks all the way through, gave it the apperance of being shattered, yet it's holding together (for now) and still works. Sketchy! The whole thing looks like this:

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For those doubting brake fluid is nasty stuff..

Richard

 

[454cid]

While working out the brake issues on my wife's SS, I thought, let me score a turkey baster to pull fluid out of the reservoir. Don't know if she has one and if she did I didn't want to potentially ruin it with brake fluid

So you'd potentially be fine with a brake fluid basted turkey???

I have a garage turkey baster... somewhere. I actually have not seen it while cleaning out there. It's from Walmart. I've probably had it close to 10 years. I don't recall if it's transparent or translucent. I know I've washed it a few times because I've used it for oils, too.

 

[Pinger]

For that kind of thing I use a pump from something like a soap dispenser bottle. A tip I picked up on this forum.

 

[Hipster]

I grabbed mom's turkey baster to siphon gas out of the mower for the mini-bike as a young-in. It worked. When Thanksgiving Day came around she wore my arse out long after I disposed of the evidence. lol

 

[0xDEADBEEF]

Get the standup MightyVac. I use that **** on everything. Best use is to snake down the transmission dipstick and suck out all the fluid before dropping the pan.

 

[Erik the Awful]

The cheapo Harbor Freight Mityvac vacuum pumps come with a reservoir you can put between the pump and the brake booster. Buy it once and you won't even have to cry about the price.
www.harborfreight.com/mityvac-vacuum-pump-39522.html

 

[Caman96]

Why cry? These are free and make no mess. I have one for power steering fluid and another for brake fluid.

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[xXxPARAGONxXx]

I also use a turkey baster for removing old brake fluid.

 

[termite]

A large syringe works well. Better than the last baster i bought that leaked everywhere.

 

[Scooterwrench]

Why cry? These are free and make no mess. I have one for power steering fluid and another for brake fluid.

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Another trick is to save the spouts off gear oil bottles. You can nip just the tip off if you want a small nozzle or cut it farther down if you need more flow. I use them for everything from brake fluid to gear oil.