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Would you do laundry with dirty water? 

Every load of laundry is like an oil change cycle for your engine.   Each cycle your washer gets fresh clean water and your engine gets fresh clean oil.  Over time your vehicle’s lubricated parts wear and oil breaks down.  Abrasive particles begin flowing around in the oil, adding to part wear.  Filters pick up a lot of those floating particles in between oil changes.  Sometimes vehicle owners also change their transmission fluid and filter.  Most of the time, this is where the fluid changes end.  Nearly all moving parts on your vehicle are lubricated with oil.  The forgotten fluids are the power steering, differentials, coolant and brake fluid.  These parts do not have filters to help keep the fluid clean.  The power steering fluid gets neglected, then the power steering pump or the rack-n-pinion fails, and you are left with an unexpected and large repair bill.  The differentials are forgotten and you get a premature bearing or gear failure, again a large unexpected repair bill. Brake fluid picks up water from the outside air and copper from internal components.  Both are bad for the brake system and lead to premature brake failure.  Regular brake fluid flushes will extend the life of brake parts, help your brakes work better, and keep you safe.

Would you do your laundry without soap? 

There are ways to clean your vehicle’s lubricated parts when the fluid is replaced.  This removes more of the particles floating around, causing wear.  A clean part, with clean oil, will last longer.  Dirty oil wears parts, clean oil does not.  Should you change fluids when they are still clean or wait until dirty?

If you want to help your vehicle last 200,000 miles and run well along the way, change your fluids when recommended and put some soap in your laundry.

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