does DOT 3 BRAKE FLUID have to be HONDA oem?

[Snmtazz70]

Just did mine. I used Bosch which is DOT 3-5. It feels better or maybe just in my head.

I started at the rear, furthest away. Manual I believe says start at front.

As long as you flush it good and no air is in the lines your good.

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[Nessism]

Just did mine. I used Bosch which is DOT 3-5. It feels better or maybe just in my head.

I started at the rear, furthest away. Manual I believe says start at front.

As long as you flush it good and no air is in the lines your good.

Huh, you are right. Manual says LF, RF, RR, LR, in sequence. Guess I did it wrong! Oh well.

 

[Old F@rt]

Just finished a brake system flush today. Used cheap Prestone DOT 3 fluid, and a Motive Products brake pressurization system. I've done vacuum bleeding before but the pressure method worked better, in my opinion. I didn't fill the pressure system with fluid, I just used air to push the fluid, which saved on clean up time. Used three 12 oz bottles of fluid. Next time I'll get a little more, but three was okay. A very easy job. Only thing that would have made it easier is some colored fluid so I could have gauged when the fluid was fully flushed more easily.

Thinking about getting the Motive power bleeder. Did you get the universal (item # 0101)? Looks like I might be able to use it on our other cars, if so. Thanks for any info you can provide.

 

[Nessism]

Thinking about getting the Motive power bleeder. Did you get the universal (item # 0101)? Looks like I might be able to use it on our other cars, if so. Thanks for any info you can provide.

I bought the 0090 pump, and an adapter cap from CTA Tools. To mate them, I used a piece of rubber hose and a couple of hose clamps. I bought the CTA cap because I couldn't confirm Motive had a cap that would work. Anyway, this setup worked like a dream! Fantastic.
Suggestion: use a turkey baster to suck out the fluid in your master, and dump it into your bleed container. I went crazy and bought the Motive container, which is cool because I didn't need to monkey around finding an old bottle of some sort. Anyway, after you suck out all the old fluid from the master and dump it in your bleed container, then draw a line on the side of the container, referencing a full load so to speak. Dump it out, start bleeding, but STOP short of this line in your container when bleeding, otherwise you will suck the reservoir dry. Of course, this assumes you do like I did and simply use the pump as an air pump. By the time you push a full reservoir's work of fluid through each corner, your lines and calipers should be good to go.

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[Old F@rt]

I bought the 0090 pump, and an adapter cap from CTA Tools. To mate them, I used a piece of rubber hose and a couple of hose clamps. I bought the CTA cap because I couldn't confirm Motive had a cap that would work. Anyway, this setup worked like a dream! Fantastic.
Suggestion: use a turkey baster to suck out the fluid in your master, and dump it into your bleed container. I went crazy and bought the Motive container, which is cool because I didn't need to monkey around finding an old bottle of some sort. Anyway, after you suck out all the old fluid from the master and dump it in your bleed container, then draw a line on the side of the container, referencing a full load so to speak. Dump it out, start bleeding, but STOP short of this line in your container when bleeding, otherwise you will suck the reservoir dry. Of course, this assumes you do like I did and simply use the pump as an air pump. By the time you push a full reservoir's work of fluid through each corner, your lines and calipers should be good to go.

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Will look into both items & I'm not finding a Honda specific cap from Motive either. I think it is because of the tabs rather than a traditional screw cap for the master. Really appreciate all the info. Cheers

 

[stanleywinthrop]

I just used this to switch out to DOT 4 fluid. Makes it dead simple. Highly recommend.

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[Methane Herder]

This is purely speculation but watching EricTheCarGuy he said while working for Acura he noticed the brake master cylinders having issues when they don't use OEM fluid. Take that for what you want but he was a long time master tech and he usually has good advice.

If the new, clean, out of bottle, fluid meets DOT 3 spec's (and Honda says use DOT 3) then it causes problems with Honda's system, that's Honda's fault.
If Honda makes up some spec and makes no reference to DOT 3, that is a different kettle of fish.

MH

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