1992 Mulsanne Turbo R Brake Fluid

[RCH]

Evening,

New to the site and to Bentley ownership, I need to top up the brake fluid and I think I have located the reservoir, in the engine bay, on the passenger side. Question is, how do I top it up with the mineral oil, there appears to be no cap?

Do I need to take off the metal plate to get to the cap? I am getting a warning on the dash each time I accelerate with enthusiasm.

Thanks,

Rupert

Edited by RCH on Monday 20th January 23:15

[graemel]

On top of the reservoir are two little sight glasses. On top of them is a little cap that with roughly a quarter of a turn anti clockwise pop up. You can then refill the reservoir but ideally you need the bottle with the plastic pipe attached to do it. Hope this makes sense.

[Bluebottle911]

And do make sure you have the right type of mineral oil.

[Jordan.]

Hope this helps - it's the only pic I can find at the moment.



From when I did a service here http://www.bentleyspotting.com/2013/02/bentley-tur...

[Balmoral]

Hello Rupert, welcome to the forum, but there's no such thing as a Mulsanne Turbo R

Bentley Mulsanne Turbo 1982-1985
Bentley Turbo R 1985-1997

Sorry for being pedantic, I just can't help myself

[ADP68]

I think "ghost motors" are using the same nomenclature

[Balmoral]

They should know better

[RCH]

Whoops, sorry guys, new to all of this. Thanks for the heads up, took me a while to realise there is a spring piece that you have to push against to get the fluid in. All sorted now and no more warning light when accelerating and headbutting the horizon. Fabulous car and the more I drive it the more I fall in love with it.

[keith9849]

RCH

Sorry to be the ghost of Christmas past, but if the level went down the fluid has gone somewhere. If the membrane in a sphere has perished, that could cause a sudden drop in flud in the system (or more properly an increase in the capacity of the system but with the same amount of fluid).

Perhaps check the accumulators at the front for fluid-tightness, the spheres at the rear, and then the brake-lines and calipers.

The in-dash display isn't very bright, so it is easy to overlook the low-brake fluid level when driving.

KEITH