SupraAyf Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 OK guys, its that fluid and service time again for the Supra so I thought I would visit my local Toyota dealer to get some Red-4-Life coolant. I was also after some brake fluid but I was only expecting them to have the stock DOT 4 that I didn't want. Anyway, this is what I got and I was quite surprised to find that the Toyota fluid was DOT 5.1 Any thoughts on this stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 any dot5.1 should be spot on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kite Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 How does the Toyota brake fluid dot 5.1 compare with the TRD brake fluid? Is there any benefits of buying the TRD one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonB Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 The DOT bit is a standard that states the minimum temperature before the fluid boils. So any DOT 5.1 fluid has to meet the standard, but can exceed it if they want. So stuff like the Motul racing stuff exceeds DOT5.1, I suspect TRD is the same. Having said that, DOT5.1 is plenty high enough anyway, so the basic answer is no, not really! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike B Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Did I not read in the mkiv us manual that toyota do not recommend anything past dot4? Lots of people use 5.1 and have no problems though...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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