Nope. The only fluid I worry about in my EV is windshield wiper fluid.
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Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 month ago
I’ve wondered this for a while and this seems like a good time to ask: Do electric cars use motor oil in the same way as an internal combustion vehicle?
IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
AlDente@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
No brake calipers or power steering onboard?
CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Hmm do brake calipers age? You’re not really using your brakes during normal driving.
Power steering and other hydraulics would need changing eventually.
gnu@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Brake fluid is hygroscopic and will accumulate water over time despite being in a nominally sealed system. Water in solution with brake fluid noticeably lowers the boiling point which leads to issues under repeated braking (e.g. down long steep hills) as the fluid boiling means you lose braking capacity in that circuit.
You should ideally be changing the brake fluid every few years (2-3 being the typical recommendation) and that applies even if the brakes are used less often.
intheformbelow@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Eventually, you’ll have to top up your blinker fluid as well.
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 month ago
Oh, dip!
(Pun intended)
raldone01@lemmy.world 1 month ago
And the blinker one right? EVs still have that afaik.
Zdvarko@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Got my mechanic to replace the transmission fluid in mine after 80,000km, cost $90NZD
ShawiniganHandshake@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I’m not sure if this is universally true but I’ve never seen a fully electric vehicle that uses motor oil. Hybrid vehicles with an internal combustion engine and an electric drive train would still need it, of course.
seralth@lemmy.world 1 month ago
[deleted]blarghly@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Wait, what? At least on every car I’ve owned, the recommended interval for a transmission fluid change was about 100k mi. Are most people buying a new car after less than 100k of use? That seems ridiculous! My Corolla is almost at 250k now, I’ve had it since 2015, and I’m expecting her to hit 1m mi before I put her out to pasture.
JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It still has oil in the transmission. And yes, you are supposed to change it occasionally because its high slip friction oil that burns over time.
vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
i have oil in the differential that needs occasional replacement
gnu@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Electric cars do have oil that will ultimately need changing but it’s less exposed to contaminants than the engine oil in a internal combustion engine and therefore will last a lot longer. EVs typically have a reduction gearbox and differential and these will require oil changes in a similar fashion to a manual gearbox or differential in a ICE vehicle - i.e. barring exceptional circumstances it will last long enough to get out of warranty but don’t believe it will never need changing.