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1. Brake Fluid (score: 1): Author: Agustin de la Calle <delacall@bcmp.med.harvard.edu>; Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1994 10:09:08 -0400 (EDT); I remember vaguely a helpful posting about the different brake fluids, i.e. DOT3-5. And I think having read that DOT3 would destroy rubber seals with time. Is that correct? My Haynes manual for MGs; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00304.html (6,768 bytes)
2. Re: Brake Fluid (score: 1): Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Sep 94 11:10:28 PDT; I'm probably risking the start up of a brake fluid religion war but I don't think you have anything to worry about as long as you keep the fluid fresh. Water is the big concern with brake fluid and; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00324.html (8,092 bytes)
3. Re: Brake Fluid (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <feold@umd5.umd.edu>; Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 00:07:22 -0400 (EDT); Not odd at all. Conventional Wisdom in BritCar circles says that DOT-3 fluid will rot the rubber parts in a British brake system, but it just ain't so. As far as I can tell, this is a holdover from; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00333.html (8,138 bytes)
4. re: brake fluid (score: 1): Author: whs70@cc.bellcore.com (sohl,william h); Date: 6 Jun 1994 13:08 EDT; Actually, the brit-cars legend precedes the DOT X labels. Back in the 50s/60s, it was accepted practice not to use the USA domestic brake fluids in a British car because (as the story goes) the Brit; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00168.html (9,589 bytes)
5. Re: brake fluid (score: 1): Author: whs70@cc.bellcore.com (sohl,william h); Date: 6 Jun 1994 15:26 EDT; Well, that's been my understanding. Anyone that can shed more detailed light on the DOT 3/4/5 compatability, please do. Cheers, Standard Disclaimer- Any opinions, etc. are mine and NOT my employer's; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00182.html (7,802 bytes)
6. brake fluid (score: 1): Author: salex@devvax.Jpl.Nasa.Gov; Date: Tue, 15 Oct 91 11:14:24 PDT; There was a discussion not too long ago of brake fluids which I read out of intellectual curiousity rather than any idea that it might apply to me. As such, of course, when I pulled the front suspens; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00261.html (9,578 bytes)
7. Re: brake fluid (score: 1): Author: phile@pwcs.StPaul.GOV (Philip J Ethier); Date: Tue, 15 Oct 91 15:49:27 CDT; \I'm thinking about switching to DOT-5 brake fluid. My impression is that the \advantage to this is that it won't attack my point in the event of clumsiness True. The stuff seems inert. \It doesn't h; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00274.html (8,520 bytes)
8. Re: brake fluid (score: 1): Author: sfisher@Pa.dec.com; Date: Tue, 15 Oct 91 15:36:40 PDT; If you don't believe Phil, you probably won't believe me, but he's right. And if you don't believe us, maybe you'll believe Tilton Engineering of Buellton, California, makers of some of the world's; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00277.html (8,086 bytes)
9. Re: brake fluid (score: 1): Author: miq@chromavac.corp.sgi.com (Miq Millman); Date: Tue, 15 Oct 91 17:43:15 PDT; For the benefit of the entire list here is my amazingly inexpesive, headaches be gone, use silicon brake fluid to your heart's content, sure fire no bubble valve setup: get a large 8 or 10 penny nail; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00280.html (9,229 bytes)
10. Re: brake fluid (score: 1): Author: Dennis Wilson <DWILSON@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU>; Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1991 18:39 PDT; I've got two stories and two questions, most of this will make me sound like a dumb f--. STORY 1: I was 18 and had my first car in England (not all brits are as stupid as me only ones which work for; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00281.html (9,082 bytes)

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