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30K...Changing To Private Mechanic
- Thread starter CDLehner
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hygroscopic
golfdave
Autocross Champion
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- Scotland (U.K.)
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- Mk7 Golf GT Estate
yeah just seen that...mind you hydro is as in water...so not far of...
could have been spelt way worse with some of these programmes...
Junebugz_GTI10
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or hydrocephalic
no, those are the drivers we're stuck behind in rush hour traffic.
golfdave
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- Scotland (U.K.)
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- Mk7 Golf GT Estate
MonkeyMD
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you win the internet for today.
GTICrazy90
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- chino hills, CA
My moms car at 10 years now has no brake fluid change done. My dad doesn't believe in it... I couldn't argue with it. Also our families previous TL went 12 years without brake fluid change before the transmission gave up and we got rid of it. Now they have a corolla approaching 8 years and again no fluid change lol.
They're completely wrong for not doing it, but things don't seem to go bursting.
Patagonian
Passed Driver's Ed
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- UK
Let's be honest, up until recent years we never changed brake fluid and none of my cars ended up going off the side of a mountain (or small hill here in the UK). That doesn't mean it was right but it's something we never did.
Will I change the fluid in the GTI........almost certainly as its a lot more sophisticated and times have changed.
Will I change the fluid in the GTI........almost certainly as its a lot more sophisticated and times have changed.
BravoMike
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- Indianapolis
KevinC
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- '19 Golf R, '21 M2c
So what's your point??
Sure, some idiot may not have changed his brake fluid for 10 years. But now it's full of water, and you know why that's bad? Because brake fluid gets hot, very hot, under severe braking. And do you know what happens when there is water in your brake fluid? You lower the boiling point. Drastically. Do you know what happens when you boil your brake fluid? Go try it and find out.
Some manufacturers say every 2 years, some say 3. Definitely change it at one or the other as directed, or 2 years to be conservative even if mfr says 3.