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I have used silicone in all my british cars for 25 years with no problems
> On Jun 16, 2019, at 09:31, HealeyRick <healeyrik@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Apparently, silicone can cause swelling of the seals in Girling and Lockhe=
ed systems: http://www.gomog.com/brakes.html I have a Howe hydraulic clut=
ch in my Nasty Boy, and that also came with the advisory not to use silicone=
fluid. =20
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> Rick Neville
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>> On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 8:24 AM Brian Drab <bgdrab@redzone.ca> wrote:
>> Last week I completed a driving tour in our BJ8. It was a great tour and e=
verything ran well except for one thing. 4 or 5 times, when I used the clut=
ch, the clutch master cylinder bypassed. The rest of the time it worked well=
. As I don=E2=80=99t want to be caught without a clutch at a later date I am=
changing the clutch master cylinder. I have received a replacement and am p=
reparing to install it.
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>> On the box is a quick summary of the bleeding procedure under a warning =E2=
=80=93 =E2=80=9CUsing Silicon Brake fluid will void warranty=E2=80=9D. I hav=
e used silicon fluid for well over 10 tears and never experienced any proble=
ms with it and have never seen or heard of this type of warning before. I ha=
ve never heard of any destructive qualities of Silicon fluid.
>>=20
>> My question is =E2=80=93 does anyone have any idea what it is about.
>>=20
>> For me to change to Dot4 fluid is quite a big deal as I would be changing=
out the clutch as well as the brake system seeing as they share a common re=
servoir.
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>> I=E2=80=99d appreciate any comments on the warning.
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>> Brian Drab
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>> BJ8
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I h=
ave used silicone in all my british cars for 25 years with no problems</div>=
<div dir=3D"ltr"><br>On Jun 16, 2019, at 09:31, HealeyRick <<a href=3D"ma=
ilto:healeyrik@gmail.com">healeyrik@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><b=
lockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">Apparently, silico=
ne can cause swelling of the seals in Girling and Lockheed systems: &nb=
sp;
<a href=3D"http://www.gomog.com/brakes.html";>http://www.gomog.com/brakes.htm=
l</a> I have a Howe hydraulic clutch in my Nasty Boy, and that also ca=
me with the advisory not to use silicone fluid. <div><br></div><d=
iv>Rick Neville</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" c=
lass=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 8:24 AM Brian Drab <<a href=3D=
"mailto:bgdrab@redzone.ca";>bgdrab@redzone.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockq=
uote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px=
solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div lang=3D"EN-CA">
<div class=3D"gmail-m_8066255316544746563WordSection1">
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Last week I completed a driving tour in our BJ8. It w=
as a great tour and everything ran well except for one thing. 4 or 5 t=
imes, when I used the clutch, the clutch master cylinder bypassed. The rest o=
f the time it worked well. As I don=E2=80=99t
want to be caught without a clutch at a later date I am changing the clutch=
master cylinder. I have received a replacement and am preparing to install i=
t.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">On the box is a quick summary of the bleeding procedu=
re under a warning =E2=80=93 =E2=80=9CUsing Silicon Brake fluid will void wa=
rranty=E2=80=9D. I have used silicon fluid for well over 10 tears and never e=
xperienced any problems with it and have never seen or
heard of this type of warning before. I have never heard of any destructive=
qualities of Silicon fluid.
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">My question is =E2=80=93 does anyone have any idea wh=
at it is about.
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">For me to change to Dot4 fluid is quite a big deal as=
I would be changing out the clutch as well as the brake system seeing as th=
ey share a common reservoir.
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">I=E2=80=99d appreciate any comments on the warning.<u=
></u><u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Brian Drab<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">BJ8<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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