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Re: Which Brake Fluid Do I Use?
[Re: Big Bad Bee]
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05/07/17 04:18 PM
05/07/17 04:18 PM
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Chris2581
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I use DOT 5 in my cars and even with Wilwood brakes on the front of my Demon. Never any problems.
Nautilus Racing-
We use Superformance gaskets and Turbo Action converters/products.
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Re: Which Brake Fluid Do I Use?
[Re: dvw]
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05/07/17 10:32 PM
05/07/17 10:32 PM
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Rogue River, OR
Jeremiah
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My Willwood brakes are on their 2nd drag car. Same calipers I've used since the mid 80's. Always have had and still running Dot 5. Never an issue.
Doug Second that. I have dynalites on three cars with dot5 and they are excellent. We are switching to Cartel due to issues with the normal stuff we use getting lots of air.
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Re: Which Brake Fluid Do I Use?
[Re: tallzag]
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05/09/17 02:26 AM
05/09/17 02:26 AM
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Rogue River, OR
Jeremiah
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Have had bad luck lately with the repop drum brake master cylinders and DOT 5 FYI. I have been fighting with a new 15/16" disc brake master cylinder on our '67 300. I'm going to try a new master tomorrow after work. Very irritating lol.
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Re: Which Brake Fluid Do I Use?
[Re: ahy]
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05/09/17 12:09 PM
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Lincoln Nebraska
RapidRobert
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Which brake fluid? One answer would be whichever you like. Seems like the all have their + and -.
DOT3 has great tolerance for water and is readily available and cost effective.
DOT4 has higher boiling point when it is dry but not so good wet.
DOT5 silicone does not attack paint if spilled and does not absorb water. The water just collects in the low spots. Heaven help if you do need to repaint where it has spilled however.
I drive mine "hot" time to time and run DOT4. I also change it pretty often to get the water out. I have also touched up the inner fender where the MC leaked and messed up the paint. No issues boiling the fluid.
They all work 99.9+% of the time. Ding ding ding I do believe we have a winna.
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