The Dot 5 Silicone in my clutch m/c is a pretty pale violet sort of
colour-almost the colour of tanzanite.
Laura G.
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>From: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
>Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 14:03:05 -0400
>To: spitfires@autox.team.net
>Subject: Silicone brake fluid identification (limited lbc content)
>
>
>To all you silicone brake fluid convertee's, how does one positively identify
>if the brake fluid in the
>resivour is silicone? Reason I ask is the 89 Volvo I purchased recently has
>pretty redish colored
>fluid in it. I just assumed this was some special Volvo die in regular gylcol
>based brake fluid.
>But perhaps it's actually silicone, in which case lots of problems would
>result if I topped it off with
>LMA fluid. Is there a taste test or something that I can use to differentiate
>silicone fluid from glycol
>based fluids that are died?
>
>And if any of you have silicone fluid in an abs equipped car, I'd like to hear
>about it. My understanding
>(and the owners manual warning statement) is that silicone brake fluids aren't
>compatable with
>abs brakes. Well, I've got abs.
>
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