Brake Fluid Service

thebreeze34 · 01-19-2013, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by seande

If the dealer wants to charge you $170 for the cabin filter, I would find a new dealer...

haha i bought mine for 20.00 on rock auto and installed it in 5 minutes STEALERSHIP

N8N · 01-19-2013, 08:06 AM

to those DIYing your brake flushes, my understanding is that BMW recommends a "low viscosity" brake fluid and ATE Super Blue isn't one of them. This actually makes sense to me as as the ABS, TC, DSC etc. systems get more sophisticated, the response time of the fluid movement between the HCU and the wheel cylinders becomes important, so they must have spec'd it for a reason. Just throwing that out there.

Now the cynic in me says "is the BMW dealership really using the low-viscosity fluid" well I hope so

hwa786 · 01-19-2013, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by thebreeze34

haha i bought mine for 20.00 on rock auto and installed it in 5 minutes STEALERSHIP

haha, i started this post back in May of 2012 lol....but yes I bought mine for around $30 from Bosch I believe and did it myself too!

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