Brake fluid tends to absorb moisture

So after long usage, the absorbed water may cause sponge when braking. However, it is hard to tell when you should flush the brake fluid. 3 years is not very short but not too long. If you are in area with a lot of raining days, and the brake fluid reservior cap has been openned many times, you may want to consider it. The reality for me was that my car in place like MA for 4-5 years but never flushed. The reason is that typically when replacing the brake pad, portion of the fluid will be removed and replaced with fresh one, and that will slow down the moisturing process. However, not all shop will remove the fluid as indicated by SOP.
So my comment will be, you may want to consider it, but only if you feel sponge when braking. If you plan to go to mountain area, flush it before you go is a good idea. DO NOT go to dealer to do it.

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• 班头，借地方问一声 -满地找牙- ♂ (84 bytes) () 06/03/2010 postreply 10:18:36

• 看情况 -biglow- ♂ (176 bytes) () 06/03/2010 postreply 11:00:27

• 谢啦。正琢磨买个kit放一次血。我去查颜色先。 -满地找牙- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/03/2010 postreply 12:28:31

• Never flush your tramsmission -JunkYarDDo- ♂ (22 bytes) () 06/07/2010 postreply 08:42:09

• Thanks very much for detailed answer. I live in a city that has -CFD-- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/03/2010 postreply 11:01:10