Brake fluid

[walsingham]

A refugee from the tvr bit, asking a question for my old man. he has a 2.8 z3 and a concourse e30 318 lux.

He worried about brake fluid. Handbooks etc say to replace every 2 years, last service it was not done, so it is nearly 5 years sinece and new barke fluid went in.

Should it be changed urgently or is it actually okay? Put teh poor man's mind at rest someone!!!!

cheers chaps

[edc]

The brakes won't give up just with old fluid. Pretty much all cars with glycol based fluids should have it renewed every 2 years. At five years old just don't expect the fluid to give ultimate performance especially under very hard braking.