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  1. JasonS

    Dot 3 or Dot 5

    Found this; no idea if it is correct: "General Motors and Chrysler do not mention brake fluid in their scheduled maintenance recommendations. A General Motors spokesman said Delco Supreme 11 DOT 3 brake fluid contains additives than many other brake fluids do not, so it is essentially a...
  2. JasonS

    Dot 3 or Dot 5

    This is not an OEM requirement; it is a dealer suggestion (probably an attempt to drum up business). BTW, I checked the owners manual from my wife's 06 Pontiac; doesn't list brake fluid replacement either. :confused:
  3. JasonS

    Dot 3 or Dot 5

    I believe yearly flushing with DOT 3 in a vented system is better than putting in DOT 5 and assuming all will be fine thereafter.
  4. JasonS

    Dot 3 or Dot 5

    LOL. That is how I found the water. It settles out in the low areas and rusts. Brake fluid in a closed system lasts for much longer than 2 years; replacement isn't even listed in the maintenance schedule for my dodge ram.
  5. JasonS

    Dot 3 or Dot 5

    DOT 3 is actually designed to adsorb the water and hold it in suspension. I flush my brakes once a year and have clean brakes. An easy job with a remote reservoir. I have taken apart brake systems with DOT5, water still gets in there but now you can't get it out.
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