Do not use Valvoline Synthetic Dot-4 Brake fluid

epj3

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I know this should go in the consumer advisory, but I am very dissatisfied with its performance!

2 weeks after I put the fresh fluid in (FLUSHED the entire system...) I started to develop brake fade. Now when I hit the brakes around 65 mph, I'll slow down to about 20, then the brakes disappear!! I think all of you know this is NOT typical of ANY BMW!

Don't waste your time. You would think it would be better considering it meets Dot4 specs, but it is horrible. I had 3 other people from BMW forums tell me they had the EXACT same problems, one with an E30 M3, one a E36, and the other an E39. All ranges of cars.

I'm buying 2 liters of ATE Blue racing brake fluid (dot4) which is what was in there for nearly a year and a half and was much better than this crap.

Stay away!!



If someone feels this is in the wrong topic - fine, move it... But I consider this stuff to be dangerous!!
 


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