Hello everyone, I'm Xiao Li. In the process of using the car, many novice friends have seen traffic accidents caused by brake failure in other people's cars, and they are also very worried: how to prevent brake failure in my car, and whether I can do it if I don't change the brake fluid for a long time? How do you tell if the brake fluid needs to be replaced? Today, I will use my personal experience to talk to you about this issue.
I have been driving for 12 years, to be honest, there is only one time in the process of driving the brake fault light on, at that time was driving on the national highway, the brake fault light was inexplicably lit, I was also very confused at the time I didn't know what to do but park on the side of the road, and even I didn't understand what I needed to check for the first time. Fortunately, the car is still in such a state with brakes, and according to my experience of driving a large forklift, I know that as long as there are brakes, I can slowly drive to the place where the car is repaired. However, the brake fault light that lights up is a red light, which represents a very dangerous accident that will affect driving safety, and it is necessary to solve the problem immediately before continuing to drive. Later, after asking the opinion of a friend who opened a repair shop, I slowly drove to a nearby repair shop to check, and found that the brake fluid was too dirty, it had become muddy and black, and it was good to change the brake fluid later.
As long as our car ensures that the brake fluid is normal and the brake pads are normal, regular inspection can generally prevent brake failure. Even if you don't change the brake fluid all the time, there is no problem, although the brake fluid is a hydrophilic oil, but the oil pot in the engine compartment is still relatively sealed, we tighten the lid in the engine compartment after each inspection, it can absorb very little water vapor. Once this oil is no longer available, there will be a fault light to alert the owner, just like my previous experience. The brake fluid has a special sensor installed on the oil pot to detect the health of the brake fluid at all times.
This sensor is used to detect whether the brake fluid is enough and whether the brake fluid is dirty? The moisture content of the brake fluid is not very high. In fact, we don't need any professional instruments and equipment to test the moisture content of brake fluid. As long as there is no fault light on your instrument, then this brake fluid is still usable and does not need to be replaced. If you think about it, you know, brake fluid is an important oil related to driving safety, but if the car factory has a little conscience, then the sensor of the original car is the most accurate. If the sensor of the original car is not broken, the oil can not be used and the fault code is not reported as soon as possible, so what is the use of this sensor? It's really hard to say whether the sensor in the repair shop outside is accurate to the original car.
You don't change the brake fluid for a long time, there is no problem at all, as long as he doesn't jump the fault code, then you can use it all the time, my car has not changed the brake fluid for 9 years, and the oil of the original car has always been clean and transparent. Let's usually open the lid to see if the brake fluid inside is clear and translucent, such as our own car, dip a little brake oil in our hands to observe, and find that the brakes are very clean and there are no traces of turbidity, so my brake is better. If you check and you find that your brake fluid is so clean and not muddy at all, then you don't need to change it even if you have been driving it for 10 years. What we need to pay attention to is to check our brake system to avoid brake fluid leakage. There is a hose that runs the brake fluid from this pot directly to our brake calipers.
This hose is the pipeline that transmits the brake fluid, it comes down from above, through a section of iron pipe and then this hose leads to our brake caliper, this tube will follow the bending movement back and forth in the process of suspension movement, we must pay attention to see if it has a bulge deformation, if there is a bulge deformation, this tube must be replaced as soon as possible. Otherwise it will appear that we have applied the brakes. The perforated oil is directly applied to the hose and the oil is sprayed out from the perforated place of the pipe, causing the brake to fail. After you check these two key step positions, combined with the working state of the sensor on our brake oil can, we can prevent brake failure to a large extent.
This is what I shared with you today about not changing the brake fluid, whether there will be brake failure, if you think what I said is useful, don't forget to give me a like to support, thank you.