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Old 12-03-2017, 12:37 PM
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Brake fluid

Hi all, It's time to change brake fluid on my 2013 JCW. I just wanted to know what brand everyone else is using on their cars? Thanks in advance!
 
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Last time I used ATE typ 200. Any DOT4 fluid will be fine though. If you track or ax the car, consider finding fluids with higher boiling points like the Motul rbf600.
 
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Thank you for the recommendation. Just ordered the ATE type 200. About 2 bottles should be enough right?
 
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If it is just a daily driver street car you don't need anything special.
The Valvoline synthetic is a good fluid for that.

If you need something with a higher boiling point we use the Motul RBF600 as it has an almost 600 deg boiling point and I've even run this in the race car for years.
https://www.waymotorworks.com/motul-...ake-fluid.html

we also sell the ATE but it doesn't have near the boiling point the Motul
https://www.waymotorworks.com/ate-ty...ake-fluid.html
 
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Old 12-06-2017, 10:45 AM
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2 bottles (2L) is more than enough, yeah. I think I only needed one bottle for a full flush
 
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BMW brake fluid is DOT4. I plan on using Amsoil DOT4 synthetic on my next flush. As mentioned above DOT4 is fine for street use.
 




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