{"id":2403,"date":"2024-03-21T06:21:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T06:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/why-is-power-steering-fluid-replacement-recommended-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T04:51:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T04:51:48","slug":"the-importance-of-a-brake-fluid-flush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/the-importance-of-a-brake-fluid-flush\/","title":{"rendered":"The importance of a brake fluid flush."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2403\" class=\"elementor elementor-2403\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a1546b1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a1546b1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-259a3a01\" data-id=\"259a3a01\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4427ad24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4427ad24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; border-style: solid; padding: 0pt; border-width: 0pt; line-height: 1.75; background-color: #; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Brake fluid flushes are vital for many reasons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; border-style: solid; padding: 0pt; border-width: 0pt; line-height: 1.75; background-color: #; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 <br \/>Brake fluid absorbs moisture from the air over time, and this moisture can lead to corrosion within the braking system, causing damage to brake components and reducing braking effectiveness. <br \/>Fresh brake fluid ensures optimal brake performance. It maintains consistent hydraulic pressure within the brake system, which is crucial for reliable stopping power and pedal feel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; border-style: solid; padding: 0pt; border-width: 0pt; line-height: 1.75; background-color: #; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; border-style: solid; padding: 0pt; border-width: 0pt; line-height: 1.75; background-color: #; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Regular flushing helps prevent corrosion and extends the life of brake system components such as calipers, master cylinders, wheel cylinders, and ABS modulators.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; border-style: solid; padding: 0pt; border-width: 0pt; line-height: 1.75; background-color: #; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 <br \/>For these reasons, it&#8217;s generally recommended to flush it every 2 years, regardless of mileage. Additionally, if you notice any signs of brake fluid contamination, such as a dark or cloudy appearance (which can be seen by opening the hood, locating the reservoir, opening the cap, or by coming to see us.), it&#8217;s wise to have it flushed sooner rather than later to prevent potential issues.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-558a654 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"558a654\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42da0ae\" data-id=\"42da0ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-493d530 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"493d530\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2403 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"493d530\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjQwNiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL290dG9zdGFkdG1vdG9yd2Vya3MuY29tXC9lblwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNFwvMDNcL2h1aWxlZnJlaW5zX2ltYWdlMS5wbmciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0OTNkNTMwIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/huilefreins_image1.png'><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"949\" height=\"1053\" src=\"https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/huilefreins_image1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/huilefreins_image1.png 949w, https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/huilefreins_image1-270x300.png 270w, https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/huilefreins_image1-923x1024.png 923w, https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/huilefreins_image1-768x852.png 768w, https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/huilefreins_image1-68x75.png 68w, https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/huilefreins_image1-480x533.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 949px) 100vw, 949px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"493d530\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjQyOSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL290dG9zdGFkdG1vdG9yd2Vya3MuY29tXC9lblwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNFwvMDNcL0JyYWtlLUZsdWlkLUVOLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjQ5M2Q1MzAifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brake-Fluid-EN.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brake-Fluid-EN.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brake-Fluid-EN.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brake-Fluid-EN-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brake-Fluid-EN-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Brake-Fluid-EN-480x240.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brake fluid flushes are vital for many reasons. \u00a0 Brake fluid absorbs moisture from the air over time, and this moisture can lead to corrosion within the braking system, causing damage to brake components and reducing braking effectiveness. Fresh brake fluid ensures optimal brake performance. It maintains consistent hydraulic pressure within the brake system, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2405,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2403"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2446,"href":"https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403\/revisions\/2446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottostadtmotorwerks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}