> truth is, most brake systems don't get their fluid changed regularly
> enough. contaminated fluid swells seals. when old seals get new fluid,
> i.e. when the system is bled, the new fluid shrinks the seals slightly,
> and if they're old enough, they shrink enough to leak. the fact that
> leakage happens a couple of weeks after a fluid change leads to a
> mistaken assumption that the system was "bled wrong". no. the seals
> were just old and were going to fail soon anyway.
>

A good reason not to bleed them at all, and I wish Honda would get off
of this.

Ford did a study several years ago, showing that after 10 years never
being flushed, their brake systems had 1.4% water. They also found
that nothing short of 3.0% water was going to hurt anything.

Nissan for instance does not recommend brake flushes. Had my I30t
nearly 10 years and it never had one, thank you very much. No problems
after 111,000 miles.

I had the stealer bleed my '90 Integra twice, at 3 year intervals as
recommended. Result was having to replace two master cylinders, both
at my expense. You can bet it was never bled again after that. And,
no further brake problems.

If Hondas really need bleeding, to protect the ABS some will argue,
then what they really need is a better design.