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Re: Brake fluid

To: peloquin@mamba.bio.uci.edu
Subject: Re: Brake fluid
From: barneymg@juno.com (Barney Gaylord)
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 17:05:51 EDT
On Tue, 16 Sep 1997 08:41:40 -0700 (PDT) "John J. Peloquin"
<peloquin@mamba.bio.uci.edu> writes:

>FWIW, I use Castrol LMA because Silicone doesn't adsorb water- thus any
that gets into your system will sit at a low point in the system and eat
a hole in it. If you use Dot4 LMA, you can just change the fluid once in
a while and get the gunk out.

Ahem!  ........  FWIW, the "LMA" in the Castrol name stands for "Low
Moisture Absorbtion".  Castrol figured that _not_ absorbing water was a
good thing (because retained water degrades the fluid) and formulated
their fluid with that in mind.  So Casterol LMA acts very much like
Silicone in that respect -- doesn't absorb much water.  You should still
change the fluid every couple of years.

Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude

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