Is Synthetic Brake fluid OK to use??
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Re: Is Synthetic Brake fluid OK to use??
On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:16:18 GMT, Grumpy au Contraire <Grumpy@doofis.FAKEcom>
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||I noticed in a later post that the poster indicated that it was DOT-4
||synthetic... I have no idea what that stuff is make up from. DOT-5 is
||the silicone stuff.
I thought that too, at first, reading "Synthetic" and thining "Silicone/DOT 5".
But it's two different cats.
Synthetic brake fluid is no different from synthetic oil, just a highly refined
version of the regular stuff, ethylene glycol.
Silicone brake fluid is an entirely different chemical.
Texas Parts Guy
wrote:
||I noticed in a later post that the poster indicated that it was DOT-4
||synthetic... I have no idea what that stuff is make up from. DOT-5 is
||the silicone stuff.
I thought that too, at first, reading "Synthetic" and thining "Silicone/DOT 5".
But it's two different cats.
Synthetic brake fluid is no different from synthetic oil, just a highly refined
version of the regular stuff, ethylene glycol.
Silicone brake fluid is an entirely different chemical.
Texas Parts Guy
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Re: Is Synthetic Brake fluid OK to use??
On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:16:18 GMT, Grumpy au Contraire <Grumpy@doofis.FAKEcom>
wrote:
||I noticed in a later post that the poster indicated that it was DOT-4
||synthetic... I have no idea what that stuff is make up from. DOT-5 is
||the silicone stuff.
I thought that too, at first, reading "Synthetic" and thining "Silicone/DOT 5".
But it's two different cats.
Synthetic brake fluid is no different from synthetic oil, just a highly refined
version of the regular stuff, ethylene glycol.
Silicone brake fluid is an entirely different chemical.
Texas Parts Guy
wrote:
||I noticed in a later post that the poster indicated that it was DOT-4
||synthetic... I have no idea what that stuff is make up from. DOT-5 is
||the silicone stuff.
I thought that too, at first, reading "Synthetic" and thining "Silicone/DOT 5".
But it's two different cats.
Synthetic brake fluid is no different from synthetic oil, just a highly refined
version of the regular stuff, ethylene glycol.
Silicone brake fluid is an entirely different chemical.
Texas Parts Guy
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