I've always run DOT4 brake fluid in my Alpine (Castrol GT LMA). The booster
that I'm having trouble with is a new Lockheed unit (bought in Oct. '97 from
SS), so I suspect that it has synthetic rubber seals.
Any other ideas anybody?
Brad
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Levitin <levitin(at)ccrma.stanford.edu>
To: alpines(at)autox.team.net <alpines(at)autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 11:16 AM
Subject: Brake booster
>>>
>>> I've been down the spongy leaking brake booster road that Brad Sahr
>>> describes, too. The seals in our boosters are made of genuine (not
>>> synthetic) rubber and you need to use a brake fluid that is especially
made
>>> for this: standard brake fluids eat up the rubber and deteriorate the
>>> seals. I forget what the designation is, something like "DOT 4" but
>>> Castrol sells one and any good parts house should be able to tell you
what
>>> you need. I suspect this is what happened.
>>>
>>>
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>>> Daniel J. Levitin, M.S., Ph.D.
>>> Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics
>>> Stanford University
>>> Stanford, CA 94305
>>>
>>> Visiting Assistant Professor
>>> Departments of Psychology and Cognitive Science
>>> University of California, Berkeley
>>> Berkeley, CA 94710
>>>
>>> http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/~levitin
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