Jim -
"Synthetic" Dot 3 or 4 is fine, it is the same old stuff, just rebranded.
"Silicone" Dot 5 is what you need to be careful of.
Very confusing, I know!
Alan
On 5/6/10, healeymanjim@hansencc.net <healeymanjim@hansencc.net> wrote:
> just rebuilt a servo in a club members bj8. i now realize that the only
> brake flluid i have is synthetic, which is all that is available. this car
> has never had any of the brake or clutch parts rebuilt to her knowledge and
> she has owned it since picking it up at the factory in 1965. is this new
> brake fluid going to eat up all the old rubber, which i assume is natural
> rubber and not compatable with anything but the old castrol or lockheed type
> fluid? i guess i can warn her to beware, but sure would hate for her to
> lose her brakes again. anyone up on all this? hjim
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