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Brake fluid i mean!
Don't want to spend too much on stuff that can't be easily stored, but don't want to run out halfway thru. Planning on a full system flush-through till all parts of the hydraulics are full of nice clean new fluid.

Thing is I haven't the foggiest how much this will require, or which type is best. My manual seems stuck together on that page.

100, 250, 500ml, 1 Litre?
And is DOT4 good enough, or merely adequate? 5.1 be better?

Cheers

(premature bump as im off to halfords soon)

EDIT went GSF instead. Cheap enough there for OEM style DOT4 that i dont give a crap about wasting a bit out of the almost-a-litre (985ml, wierd) they supplied. "you'll need more than 500ml to flush out a polo, mate" they said, "litre should just about do it"... well i hope so cuz i've only got a couple of 1-pint jamjars in which to catch the stuff!
And a Gunson Eezi-Bleed from halfords, which seemed to be worth every penny of it's £13 last time i saw one in action.

However now i've got a new problem: bleed nipples that havent been used in probably 5 years (obviously the garage used very good fluid at the last change!) and have rusted tight. Blasted hell out of them with WD40, trying to avoid contamination on discs/pads and into drums, left to soak in overnight, let's see what happens.
That, and the fact I don't have a 7mm (5? 6? 8?) spanner anywhere in the house, so i'll be back off the shops to get something of that tidgy size, so i can get the rear nipples off. And maybe a 10/11mm ring because i nearly rounded one of the fronts right off trying to force it with a regular 11mm C-spanner.
Gurg.