Originally Posted By: JHZR2
lol, what youre finding is what we found with my wife's integra. it cost more to maintain than our American and European cars!
I have to wonder if the Honda fluid is DOT 4, thus the language. If so, they are essentially saying that they put a superior fluid in there, and so if you mix DOT 3 in, you are sacrificing the high-temp performance of your brake fluid.
Ive seen plenty of cars that say to do it yearly or every other year. IMO it is a good idea, as the fluid that bleeds out often has a brownish hue to it that was not like the original fluid.
Interesting if the honda fluid selection states that you will risk corrosion... maybe the honda fluid is a better grade, or has a better anti-corrosion additive... Id doubt it, and would imagine that what they are really saying is to have OE performance, use high-quality fluids.
+1 to that. Unless you are living in Africa or so, otherwise: so long as you live in the motoring continental North America, most automobile maintenance-related fluids and stuff are of very high quality already (in general, you don't wanna go buy some custom-brand API SA motor oil from middle-of-nowhere).
Knowing that most OE fluids for Japanese built Hondas are supplied by Idemitsu (Jpn build), or in North America, could be one or more of the domestic major oil supplier (Exxon-Mobil, etc.), so why all the fuzz?
I'm using Castrol LMA (low-moisture afinity) variations. Not afraid to use ATE brake fluids too).
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