Is Synthetic Brake fluid OK to use??

The slime is the result of water mixing with the fluid. This is "normal".
Why the industry still uses a fluid that attracts water is beyond me. NATO
and the airlines have switced to alternative fluids many years ago; as have
a few car venders.

Richard.

 

The slime is the result of water mixing with the fluid. This is "normal".
Why the industry still uses a fluid that attracts water is beyond me. NATO
and the airlines have switced to alternative fluids many years ago; as have
a few car venders.

Richard.

 

The biggest risk of using synthetic, (silicone), brake fluids is leakage
into the engine via a defective master cylinder/brake booster. Silicone
will quickly convert back to its roots, sandy like grit that will
quickly ruin an engine.

 

The biggest risk of using synthetic, (silicone), brake fluids is leakage
into the engine via a defective master cylinder/brake booster. Silicone
will quickly convert back to its roots, sandy like grit that will
quickly ruin an engine.

 

The biggest risk of using synthetic, (silicone), brake fluids is leakage
into the engine via a defective master cylinder/brake booster. Silicone
will quickly convert back to its roots, sandy like grit that will
quickly ruin an engine.

 

I would think silicon would do that, not silicone.

 

I would think silicon would do that, not silicone.

 

I would think silicon would do that, not silicone.

 

On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 11:02:31 -0400, "Richard" <rfeirste at nycap.rr.com> wrote:

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||The slime is the result of water mixing with the fluid. This is "normal".

I didn't catch the first part of this thread, but when you mix silicone brake
fluid wiht glycol fluid, you get a grey slime. I generally see it in systems
that have been drained, but not flushed, then DOT 5 silicone added. The silicone
reacts with the glycol.
Personally, I don't understand this since silicone is about as inert a
substance as exists in the universe.
Texas Parts Guy

 

On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 11:02:31 -0400, "Richard" <rfeirste at nycap.rr.com> wrote:

||
||The slime is the result of water mixing with the fluid. This is "normal".

I didn't catch the first part of this thread, but when you mix silicone brake
fluid wiht glycol fluid, you get a grey slime. I generally see it in systems
that have been drained, but not flushed, then DOT 5 silicone added. The silicone
reacts with the glycol.
Personally, I don't understand this since silicone is about as inert a
substance as exists in the universe.
Texas Parts Guy

 

On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 11:02:31 -0400, "Richard" <rfeirste at nycap.rr.com> wrote:

||
||The slime is the result of water mixing with the fluid. This is "normal".

I didn't catch the first part of this thread, but when you mix silicone brake
fluid wiht glycol fluid, you get a grey slime. I generally see it in systems
that have been drained, but not flushed, then DOT 5 silicone added. The silicone
reacts with the glycol.
Personally, I don't understand this since silicone is about as inert a
substance as exists in the universe.
Texas Parts Guy

 

Yer prolly right. I have Pamela Anderson on my mind...

 

Yer prolly right. I have Pamela Anderson on my mind...

 

Yer prolly right. I have Pamela Anderson on my mind...

 

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||
||Richard wrote:
||>
||> The slime is the result of water mixing with the fluid. This is "normal".
||> Why the industry still uses a fluid that attracts water is beyond me. NATO
||> and the airlines have switced to alternative fluids many years ago; as have
||> a few car venders.
||>
||> Richard.
||
||
||The biggest risk of using synthetic, (silicone), brake fluids is leakage
||into the engine via a defective master cylinder/brake booster. Silicone
||will quickly convert back to its roots, sandy like grit that will
||quickly ruin an engine.

I have never known brake fluid to get into an engine from a defective master
cylinder or booster. It would have to be leeking fast out the back of the MC,
and the booster would take a great deal of fluid - more than the brake system
holds - to reach the check valve leading to the hose to the manifold.
Texas Parts Guy

 

||
||
||Richard wrote:
||>
||> The slime is the result of water mixing with the fluid. This is "normal".
||> Why the industry still uses a fluid that attracts water is beyond me. NATO
||> and the airlines have switced to alternative fluids many years ago; as have
||> a few car venders.
||>
||> Richard.
||
||
||The biggest risk of using synthetic, (silicone), brake fluids is leakage
||into the engine via a defective master cylinder/brake booster. Silicone
||will quickly convert back to its roots, sandy like grit that will
||quickly ruin an engine.

I have never known brake fluid to get into an engine from a defective master
cylinder or booster. It would have to be leeking fast out the back of the MC,
and the booster would take a great deal of fluid - more than the brake system
holds - to reach the check valve leading to the hose to the manifold.
Texas Parts Guy

 

||
||
||Richard wrote:
||>
||> The slime is the result of water mixing with the fluid. This is "normal".
||> Why the industry still uses a fluid that attracts water is beyond me. NATO
||> and the airlines have switced to alternative fluids many years ago; as have
||> a few car venders.
||>
||> Richard.
||
||
||The biggest risk of using synthetic, (silicone), brake fluids is leakage
||into the engine via a defective master cylinder/brake booster. Silicone
||will quickly convert back to its roots, sandy like grit that will
||quickly ruin an engine.

I have never known brake fluid to get into an engine from a defective master
cylinder or booster. It would have to be leeking fast out the back of the MC,
and the booster would take a great deal of fluid - more than the brake system
holds - to reach the check valve leading to the hose to the manifold.
Texas Parts Guy

 

I know of at least three engines ruined by leaky master
cylinders/boosters and this was in Texas.

 

I know of at least three engines ruined by leaky master
cylinders/boosters and this was in Texas.

 

I know of at least three engines ruined by leaky master
cylinders/boosters and this was in Texas.