Ask dealership to change brake fluid?

edde

fred246 wrote: »

Brake fluid change was invented for garages to make money. Just read the mechanics own literature. Change your customers brake fluid and see the cash roll in. How do you tell if a garage has done a brake fluid change? You can't. So they can do nothing and charge you and you can't complain. They can just change the reservoir fluid in 2 minutes and say they've changed it. The fluid costs £4 in Wilko. If they do it properly they may cause a leak or damage a bleed nipple so you can see why they might not want to do it properly. I've never changed brake fluid. My last car lasted 18 years and my current one 15 years with no change of fluid. Why not - because it isn't in the service schedule.

Just because you cannot tell a garage has done the work doesn't mean they don't do it.
Brake fluid can be bought for pennies to a fair few quid. I don't recommend using cheap stuff it's the stuff that makes you stop.
Just because it's not in the service record (which I bet it is) does t mean it shouldn't be done. I'd never leave it more than 4 yrs before changing max. As others have said brake fluid is hydroscopic ie it absorbs water and that just isn't good.

Ectophile

The problem with watery brake fluid is that it's fine, right up to the point where the brakes get too hot, and the fluid boils.


At that point you lose all pressure in the braking system. The only thing that works is the handbrake.


I have been there, and don't want to do it again.