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Old 04-13-17, 01:06 AM
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do you know 2006 Lexus Rx 400 h brake fluid use Dot 3 or Dot 4?
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Dot 3 required.
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Thx Thomas1,
I try to order from TireRack is said Dot 4
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Usually Dot 4 will work fine. Sometimes older fluids are discontinued.
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Bled the brakes yesterday and the brake fluid was quite alright, wasn't as dark as I expected it. Got a little worried on first one cause pedal firmed up after a few pumps, thought I couldn't pump anymore. But upon further inspection, pedal could continued to be compressed but just needed to press harder.

Also, I spoke with a honda technician about the use of software such as techstream to fully bleed the system. He told me that it's a bunch of gimmicks and the manual way is probably the best way to do it.
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