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- From: neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard)
- Subject: Re: Dot-5 fluid
- Message-ID: <BxB2GL.F2s@cmptrc.lonestar.org>
- Sender: neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 17:41:09 GMT
- Organization: CompuTrac Inc., Richardson TX
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- In article <Bx9IJy.Hr6@trc.amoco.com> zrol01@trc.amoco.com writes:
- >I realize that this is probably a many time discussed item.
- >However, I do not know the answer. Has anyone used the dot-5,
- >synthetic brake fluid in a Jaguar? I am rebuilding a 1976 XJ-S
- >that has been abandonded and disassembled for 5 years. After
- >repainting under the bonnet I would hate to discover a brake
- >fluid leak by finding the pool of stripped British Racing Green
- >paint on the garage floor. The hopefully obvious solution
- >is to use the dot-5 fluid that is relatively harmless to paint.
- >
- >Any thoughts or experiences?
- >
-
- Just make sure you THOROUGHLY flush out every bit of the hydraulic system and
- replace all the rubber (neoprene) pieces in the master cylinder and all
- wheel calipers with brand new parts. The DOT-5 stuff is not compatible with
- DOT-3 or DOT-4 stuff at all no matter what anybody else tells you. If you
- use DOT-5 with a system whose neoprene parts have been previously in contact
- with non DOT-5 fluid, all those neoprene seals will begin to leak a lot sooner
- than later!!! A fresh, clean system charged with DOT-5 works wonderfully
- (even though DOT-5 is a little more compressable {we're talking microscopic
- amounts of compressability here} than DOT-4) but it won't absorb water like
- DOT-4, it'll last a lot longer, and it resists heat at the calipers much better.
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- Neal Howard '91 XLH-1200 DoD #686 CompuTrac, Inc (Richardson, TX)
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