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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by giantg2 on Friday March 04, 2022 @09:31AM (#30555272)
Yeah, but the claims I saw were including DOT 3, 4 and sometimes 5. At least here in the US, DOT 5 seems to be pretty uncommon.
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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by bombcar on Friday March 04, 2022 @09:46AM (#30555513)
3 and 4 (and 5.1) absorb water so who knows what that does at super low temperatures (but it’s rated pretty low as is).

I know power steering fluid gets too viscous and can blow out the hoses on a Dodge Avenger because it can’t get through the cooler.

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