[Healeys] Silicone vs Glycol (natural or otherwise) brake fluid

[Bob Spidell]

Just came across this quote, which seems appropriate:

"The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there 
is no good evidence either way."

*--Bertrand Russell,
British philosopher, logician, mathematician and historian* (and LBC 
owner, maybe?)




Tom Felts wrote:
> Thanks Gary---you must be one of those silicone users with "snob
> appeal":):):)
>
> tom
>
> ---- Editorgary at aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 6/9/10 5:33:13 AM, tomfelts at windstream.net writes:
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>> 3.B  You say---"Use silicone in show cars that are driven less hard and
>> infrequently."B  OK---for exactly what reason?B  As I said, my cars are
>> "drivers" and I drive them frequently and pretty hard.B  Give me technical
>>     
> data
>   
>> to support this statement.
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>
> What I'm stipulating here is about the maximum that the traditionalists
> will accept. To actually believe that Silicone brake fluid is RECOMMENDed for
> any reason is way beyond their boundaries.
>
> I too use silicone brake fluid in my Healey, but I have to confess that I
> drive it less frequently than I used to.   It typically runs up about 2,500
> miles a year.
> By contrast, when I had glycol in my MGB GT and left it parked outside (in
> California) under a cover over the winter because it needed some little
> thing that I didn't have time to deal with, when I came to drive it in the
> spring, the clutch slave cylinder had frozen due to rust in the system.
> I see no reason why you couldn't use silicone, but for a car that is
> literally driven daily, especially in commute conditions, I'd prefer glycol,
> and
> certainly for racing. So in my garage, the Mercedes C55 and the MGA race car
> have glycol (actually ATE Blue), but the Healey has silicone.
>
> Cheers
>
>
>   


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