Avalon 2005-12 :: Brake Fluid Contaminated
Nov 12, 2014
I just had an oil change and was told that my brake fluid needed to be replaced because it was contaminated.
I didn't have time to have it done that day so I said I'd have to bring my 2009 Rav4 back in, but then I started thinking about it...
How would my brake fluid get contaminated? No one but the dealer has touched the car, and they just did an oil change a month and a half ago with fluid top offs and it was fine then.
I just want to make sure it's possible for my fluid to get contaminated on it's own before I go paying for them to replace it all, especially since I just had new brakes put on this spring and everything was fine a month and a half ago. I'm suspicious that some rookie tech might have made a mistake and I might end up paying for it, if contamination is something that happens a lot then I'll give them the benefit of doubt, but if it's really rare I'm more inclined to believe the last tech to touch it messed something up.
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Red arrow shows the hose that I need and the part number for what dealer sells is 44406
I cleaned everything today and put an extra clamp where the hose is connected to the PS reservoir. Will see if it's going to work for now.
My question is where can I get a piece of hose which will be compatible with PS fluid so I can replace this? Also what is the ID of that hose?
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