Thanks, Greg. I needed to flush the system anyway, so I'll return to
good old Castrol for this. Have you tried the new silicon fluids?
They're supposed to be more friendly to rubber, more of a pain to bleed,
and not so great on the race course but better for street use.
Bob Alexander
67+4
PS: good picture of you and #45 in the last Format. RA
On Sat, 6 Feb 1999, Greg Solow wrote:
> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 19:21:59 -0800
> From: Greg Solow <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
> To: Robert Alexander <ralex@unm.edu>, morgans@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: brake (break?) fluid
>
> All Dot brake fluids of the same number are completely compatible with one
> another and for sure will not hurt your braking system. At the Engine
> Room we use Castrol LMA Dot 4 fluid because of its fairly high boiling point
> and its' "low moisture activity" which I assume means it has less of a
> tendency to absorb water. We recommend flushing systems with fresh fluid
> every year.
> Regards,
> Greg Solow
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Alexander <ralex@unm.edu>
> To: morgans@autox.team.net <morgans@autox.team.net>
> Date: Saturday, February 06, 1999 4:40 PM
> Subject: brake (break?) fluid
>
>
> >Hi,
> > Had a minor road emergency a couple of days ago and had to fill my
> >brake fluid reservoir with NAPA Dot 4 (recommended by a local LBC type).
> >Thought I'd better check it out with the cognoscenti. Is this stuff
> >eating all rubber parts in my brake system, or am I just changing brand
> >names? Would appreciate your input. I know there was a thead on this
> >some time ago, but don't have time right now to research it. Thanks for
> >any help
> >
> >Bob Alexander
> >67 +4
>
>
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