# Clutch Fluid

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-fluid/32398>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 26, 2009, 12:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-fluid/32398 "2009-06-26T00:20:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![mammamiata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@mammamiata](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mammamiata)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 12:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-fluid/32398/1 "2009-06-26T00:20:00Z")

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Are clutch fluid and brake fluid interchangeable?  
  
  
  
 If so, any exceptions?

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-fluid/32398/2 "2009-06-26T00:21:20Z")

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Yes

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-fluid/32398/3 "2009-06-26T00:22:11Z")

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Yes.

Tester

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-fluid/32398/4 "2009-06-26T00:26:38Z")

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No exceptions that I know of…

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**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-fluid/32398/5 "2009-06-26T01:36:44Z")

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I have always thought so. Still, if I were you, I would check my owner’s manual to be sure.

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-fluid/32398/6 "2009-06-26T01:38:21Z")

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I don’t know, might there be some silicone-based aftermarket fluid out there that wouldn’t work with others? Just buy what your manual says.

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**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-fluid/32398/7 "2009-06-26T16:55:03Z")

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Interchangeable ?  
They’re the same fluid.

It’s called ‘niche marketing’ or ‘target marketing’ when the packaging is different for the exact same product. Read labels like Benedryl allergy medicine and Sominex sleep aid. EXACT same dose of EXACT same Diphenhydramine medication.

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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-fluid/32398/8 "2009-06-26T17:02:34Z")

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Yes they’re the same…And I’ve seen at stores like ADAP…clutch fluid. When I read the fine print (actually had my son read it…too small print for me). It said it was Dot-3. And it cost $.50 MORE then just Dot-3 brake fluid. It wasn’t made by the other brands of brake fluid they sold.