Brake Fluid Recommendations?

[Kneale Brownson]

Any Dot 4 fluid.  I use Castrol's.  While the fluid may be a little low
because of brake pad wear, perhaps this would be a good time to flush the
system.


At 04:55 AM 9/5/2006 -0700, Dan DiBiase wrote:
>My car's brake warning light has been flashing intermittantlyfor the  past 
>week or so. I had noticed it when it was rainy for the past  several weeks 
>(it would flash briefly, for may 30 seconds, then go  away) and had planned 
>to have it checked out at the 35k service with  the dealer. Then, yesterday, 
>while starting a drive home from Upstate  NY, it came on as I was rounding 
>an entrance ramp to the NYS Thruway  and stayed on until I pulled over after 
>about 10 minutes. I checked the  reservoir (why can't Audi make them clear 
>so you can actually see the  fluid level??) and it appears to be a little 
>low. The only thing  mentioned in the owner's manual is that the brake fluid 
>must conform to  'FMVSS 116 DOT 4'. Will any DOT 4 fluid be okay? What do 
>you all use?