"jim beam" <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in message
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> hachiroku ???? 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.
>

Toyota does not have a recommended brake fluid change.
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Ray O
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