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Originally Posted by Mark E Smith
keep your brake fluid flushed once a year with dot 3 Ford spec or dot 4. Most brake failures at high temps are due to brake fluid boiling because it has 2-3 % moisture content which lowers the boiling point to 300 deg or lower and the bluid boils which makes the fluid foam and is the same results a air in the system. This happened to me at 140 miles per hour at Texas world speedway in a turbo porsche. Good thing there was a runoff area.
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Mark, you are so right. Most people ignore brake fluid for their entire ownership. I love wrenching my cars, and the inexpensive hand operated vacuum brake bleed kits (using tubing and a dual ported plastic cup), is pretty simple. I've changed a lot of brakes, and I'm sure I'll pull the wheels and just 'inspect' the disks/rotors in the FEH long before they need changing
