SAE J291

Determination of Brake Fluid Temperature

Month of publication: 1980-06-01

Date reaffirmed: June 1980

Developed by committee: Road Test Procedures Standards Committee

Annotation and contents

Source of this annotation and contents: SAE.

This code provides a test procedure for obtaining and determining extremely high brake fluid temperature encountered in the brake system of a vehicle that is equipped with disc brakes. Vehicles in normal operation may or may not produce brake fluid temperatures that are obtained in this procedure. To establish a uniform procedure for obtaining and determining a maximum temperature of brake fluid in the automotive braking system of vehicles equipped with disc brakes. This procedure is a uniform means of heating the brakes and the brake fluid and is not a simulation of any other test procedure.