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Brake Fluid Change
Friction on the brake pedal causes heating over 100 degrees Celcius which causes vaporization. The vaporization results in air bubbles inside the enclosed brake system. This will cause the brake system to not work properly. Make sure to change the brake fluid in your car on a regular basis and use brake fluid with high quality.
Brake fluids must have certain characteristics and meet certain quality standards for the braking system to work properly.
1. Boiling point - Brake fluid is subjected to very high temperatures, especially in the wheel cylinders of drum brakes and disk brake calipers. It must have a high boiling point to avoid vaporizing in the lines.
2. Viscosity - For reliable, consistent brake system operation, brake fluid must maintain a constant viscosity under a wide range of temperatures, including extreme cold. This is especially important in systems with an anti-lock braking system (ABS), traction control, and stability control (ESP).
3. Corrosion - Brakes fluids must not corrode the metals used inside components such as calipers, master cylinders, etc. They must also protect against corrosion as moisture enters the system. Additives (corrosion inhibitors) are added to the base fluid to accomplish this.
4. Compressibility - Brake fluids must maintain a low level of compressibility that remains low, even with varying temperatures.
(source: Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brake_fluid)
Brake fluids must have certain characteristics and meet certain quality standards for the braking system to work properly.
1. Boiling point - Brake fluid is subjected to very high temperatures, especially in the wheel cylinders of drum brakes and disk brake calipers. It must have a high boiling point to avoid vaporizing in the lines.
2. Viscosity - For reliable, consistent brake system operation, brake fluid must maintain a constant viscosity under a wide range of temperatures, including extreme cold. This is especially important in systems with an anti-lock braking system (ABS), traction control, and stability control (ESP).
3. Corrosion - Brakes fluids must not corrode the metals used inside components such as calipers, master cylinders, etc. They must also protect against corrosion as moisture enters the system. Additives (corrosion inhibitors) are added to the base fluid to accomplish this.
4. Compressibility - Brake fluids must maintain a low level of compressibility that remains low, even with varying temperatures.
(source: Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brake_fluid)
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