Checking the brake fluid for corrosion or water is important and easy. I'll show you how to do it in 10 minutes after you order the parts. I also show the complete Tesla Maintenance schedule.
In this article, I’m going to focus on the brake fluid test, but I figured I’d include the ENTIRE Tesla Recommended Maintenance below, since it is so small.Most of us know that because electric vehicles usethey rarely use their friction brakes. Some people think that means you don’t have to do any maintenance on your brakes. That isn’t true because brake fluid can absorb moisture, and this can cause corrosion.
Just to be extra safe, I wanted to try another type of testing. The strips test for corrosion. I tested this by dipping them in tap water. They stay white. If they tested for water, they would turn purple. I also used an electronic tester to check the amount of water in my brake fluid. 1% is good and 4% is bad, so 1.5% is pretty good.
It gives slightly different results if you hit the DOT3, DOT4 and DOT 5.1 buttons. At the time, I didn’t know what kind of fluid I had in my car, but it doesn’t change much anyway. Since then,Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any products locally to test the brake fluid, so I had to buy them online at Amazon. Here is the
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