Re: question for hachiroku
hachiroku ハチ*ク wrote:
> On Thu, 15 May 2008 20:08:51 -0700, jim beam wrote:
>
>> 1. how often do you change your engine coolant?
>>
>> 2. how often do you change your brake fluid?
>
> LOL! I'm pobably baiting myself here, but I'll bite:
>
> I change the coolant when it needs it. When it stops looking 'green'
> enough. One car I ran 120,000 miles before changing it, and didn't change
> it again after that. I traded it at 244,000 and saw it around 4 more
> years after that.
>
> The car that replaced it had a coolant change at 150,000 miles, That one
> currently has 259,000 and is sitting in my back yard.
>
> Brake fluid gets changed the moment I notice a difference in pedal
> pressure. If I start to lose 'modulation' I check the fluid and chenge
> it. This usually happens around 150,000 or so when the fluid is dark
> brown, but not black. The place I used to have do my brakes would bleed
> or flush accordingly, and brakes last me ~60,000 miles.
<snip irrelevance>
so not only do you disregard the owners manual with too frequent oil
changes, you disregard it with too infrequent coolant or brake fluid
changes. the latter being a material factor in vehicle safety.
would you fly an airline that disregarded the airplane service manuals?
what would it take to get you with the factory vehicle service program?
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