200x brake fluid..

[BiGDawG]

I know its probably a dumb question but can i use dot3 car brake fluid? my back brake fluid is low and i have tons of dot3 car brake fluid laying around, also i just ordered brake pads and wondering if i should use break cleaner and clean the disk brake up when i change out the pads?

[smvorndran]

I always use DOT3 unless it says DOT4 on the cap. My Goldwing has DOT4, but most everything else has DOT3.

[WIkid500]

Yessir you can! dot3 is good, and dot4 is better. Dot4 is a higher boiling point than dot3.

[BiGDawG]

hmm i dumped some dot3 in there and filled it up but when i did there was a orange swirl lol from the old fluid was weird but my breaks are working like they use 2.. now i'm wondering how i lost fluid

[Crash5291]

Pads wore down? would have the piston farther out of the seat in the caliper thus holding more fluid

[BiGDawG]

that could be it the back pad is pretty bad