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Originally Posted by Entropy
I didn’t think a flush was necessary. And to be honest, I was worried about messing with the lines on such an old/expensive system. I did 3 drain and fills (driving in between each) about 30k miles ago and will be doing a drain and fill every 10k going forward. Either way, it’s a lot of fluid. FWIW, the fluid got a little lighter, but is still dark. I’m not worried about it since there’s still a fair amount of fresh fluid in there now.
For brake fluid, I use a power bleeder and do a full flush every 2 years.
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Kewl.
My brake/steering is the same. I have active suspension.
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2016 X5 SDrive 35i Sport
2009 X5 XDrive30 Sport acquired 10/21/16 "Brigette"
2005 530i Sport acquired 5/2014 (wife traded for a milktoast Honda)
1999 528i Sport (306k miles!!) acquired 8/2006 "Prescilla" (sold)
1997 528i acquired 8/2004, "Helga" parted out and gone
1992 735iL acquired 6/2003, "Wanda" sold
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