Is Synthetic Brake fluid OK to use??

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by mark smith, Dec 28, 2003.

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  1. mark smith

    Nightdude Guest

    What the guy meant is to use Valvoline Synthetic DOT 4 Fluid. And I believe
    other brands are out there.
    This is not DOT 5. I used it without any negative effect. Does it make stop
    faster? Don't know, I bleed
    my brakes every other year.
     
    Nightdude, Sep 10, 2004
    #41
  2. mark smith

    Nightdude Guest

    What the guy meant is to use Valvoline Synthetic DOT 4 Fluid. And I believe
    other brands are out there.
    This is not DOT 5. I used it without any negative effect. Does it make stop
    faster? Don't know, I bleed
    my brakes every other year.
     
    Nightdude, Sep 10, 2004
    #42
  3. mark smith

    Rex B Guest

    ||I know of at least three engines ruined by leaky master
    ||cylinders/boosters and this was in Texas.
    ||
    ||
    ||--
    ||JT
    ||
    ||(Austin, TX - Home of the Weird...)

    Interesting. Good to be aware of.


    Texas Parts Guy
     
    Rex B, Sep 10, 2004
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  4. mark smith

    Rex B Guest

    ||I know of at least three engines ruined by leaky master
    ||cylinders/boosters and this was in Texas.
    ||
    ||
    ||--
    ||JT
    ||
    ||(Austin, TX - Home of the Weird...)

    Interesting. Good to be aware of.


    Texas Parts Guy
     
    Rex B, Sep 10, 2004
    #44
  5. mark smith

    Rex B Guest

    ||I know of at least three engines ruined by leaky master
    ||cylinders/boosters and this was in Texas.
    ||
    ||
    ||--
    ||JT
    ||
    ||(Austin, TX - Home of the Weird...)

    Interesting. Good to be aware of.


    Texas Parts Guy
     
    Rex B, Sep 10, 2004
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  6. mark smith

    Grumpy au Contraire Guest


    I noticed in a later post that the poster indicated that it was DOT-4
    synthetic... I have no idea what that stuff is make up from. DOT-5 is
    the silicone stuff.

    So the ball's up in the air again...
     
    Grumpy au Contraire, Sep 10, 2004
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  7. mark smith

    Grumpy au Contraire Guest


    I noticed in a later post that the poster indicated that it was DOT-4
    synthetic... I have no idea what that stuff is make up from. DOT-5 is
    the silicone stuff.

    So the ball's up in the air again...
     
    Grumpy au Contraire, Sep 10, 2004
    #47
  8. mark smith

    Grumpy au Contraire Guest


    I noticed in a later post that the poster indicated that it was DOT-4
    synthetic... I have no idea what that stuff is make up from. DOT-5 is
    the silicone stuff.

    So the ball's up in the air again...
     
    Grumpy au Contraire, Sep 10, 2004
    #48
  9. mark smith

    Rex B Guest

    ||I noticed in a later post that the poster indicated that it was DOT-4
    ||synthetic... I have no idea what that stuff is make up from. DOT-5 is
    ||the silicone stuff.

    I thought that too, at first, reading "Synthetic" and thining "Silicone/DOT 5".
    But it's two different cats.

    Synthetic brake fluid is no different from synthetic oil, just a highly refined
    version of the regular stuff, ethylene glycol.

    Silicone brake fluid is an entirely different chemical.
    Texas Parts Guy
     
    Rex B, Sep 10, 2004
    #49
  10. mark smith

    Rex B Guest

    ||I noticed in a later post that the poster indicated that it was DOT-4
    ||synthetic... I have no idea what that stuff is make up from. DOT-5 is
    ||the silicone stuff.

    I thought that too, at first, reading "Synthetic" and thining "Silicone/DOT 5".
    But it's two different cats.

    Synthetic brake fluid is no different from synthetic oil, just a highly refined
    version of the regular stuff, ethylene glycol.

    Silicone brake fluid is an entirely different chemical.
    Texas Parts Guy
     
    Rex B, Sep 10, 2004
    #50
  11. mark smith

    Rex B Guest

    ||I noticed in a later post that the poster indicated that it was DOT-4
    ||synthetic... I have no idea what that stuff is make up from. DOT-5 is
    ||the silicone stuff.

    I thought that too, at first, reading "Synthetic" and thining "Silicone/DOT 5".
    But it's two different cats.

    Synthetic brake fluid is no different from synthetic oil, just a highly refined
    version of the regular stuff, ethylene glycol.

    Silicone brake fluid is an entirely different chemical.
    Texas Parts Guy
     
    Rex B, Sep 10, 2004
    #51
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