# Remove fluid during brake job

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/remove-fluid-during-brake-job/56927>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** caravan, fluids, dodge, brakes\
**Created:** [October 28, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remove-fluid-during-brake-job/56927 "2010-10-28T19:18:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dingo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cab0a1/32.png) [@Dingo1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dingo1)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remove-fluid-during-brake-job/56927/4 "2010-10-28T19:31:31Z")

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I never opened any “bleeder” for the fluid. I never considered where the fluid goes when compressing the caliper piston with a c clamp. I guess I assumed that it goes into the brake fluid reservoir. As I said, I completed a brake job in the past without removing any fluid from the reservoir.

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