There is a wide variety of cooking oils from plant sources such as olive oil, palm oil, soybean oil, canola oil (rapeseed oil), corn oil, peanut oil and other vegetable oils, as well as animal-based oils like butter and lard.
We called a couple of the brake fluid companies and the answer was two to five years is a safe number for an unopened container. Wilwoodâs tech line claims that if the container is sealed, they feel it has an unlimited shelf life, but I would consider five years to be the limit.
To properly bleed the brakes, start with a couple of 8-ounce cans of fresh brake fluid. An unopened can has a long shelf life. An opened can should be discarded within a few weeks. Get the vehicle up in the air and remove all four wheels.