After checking your brake system, if you find that you have a leak or you have to bleed your brakes, you'll have to restore the brake fluid in your master cylinder to its proper level. Here are some ...

The most important fluid in your car is perhaps the most ignored. This article is intended to give you both a sense of what you need to do to make sure your brake fluid is in good shape and will allow ...

Is it necessary to flush the brake fluid after 20,000 miles, as my Mercedes dealer recommends? I recommend this routine service for every motor vehicle. Historically, domestic carmakers haven’t listed ...

Q: I own a 2020 Subaru Forester. The maintenance guide suggests a brake fluid flush every 30,000 miles/24 months. I have never owned any vehicle that has recommended this with such frequency. The ...

Questions arising from the need for an engine flush (it’s generally not) cast a shadow on the brake-fluid flushing. As an engine differs from brakes, so do the services. And the need for the latter ...

Q: I want to flush the brake system, and this will take several bottles of DOT 3 fluid (DOT 3 is embossed on the reservoir top). What do you think of picking a plain DOT 3 fluid by price? Or, asked ...

A number of companies that market everything from flushing equipment to test strips that check the viability of, for instance, brake fluid, crow about offering these types of flushing services as a ...

What does the user manual recommend. Keep in mind that the manual is written by the manufacturer, while the dealers are totally separate companies. They are going to push anything and everything they ...

A: I recommend this routine service for every motor vehicle. Historically, domestic carmakers haven't listed this as routine service for their vehicles, but it has been, and continues to be, a ...