From: Ryan M Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Mon Jun 24 2002 - 12:19:53 PDT
At 12:03 PM -0700 6/24/02, Paul A. Thomas wrote:
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>I would prefer not to have to just guess and use one or the other
>brake fluid but don't see another choice. Is there a color/visual
>difference between DOT 4 and down and DOT 5 fluid? If no other way,
>which way would you go with a wild guess?
Smell it. Does it smell like DOT 3/4 or something else?
Copied from an earlier message I posted...
FYI there is a DOT 5.1 (poly glycol ether based) that has the
properties of DOT 5 (silicone) with compatibility with DOT 3 and 4
(also poly glycol ether based but with lower boiling points).
According to the Vintage triumph Register's, DOT 3 has issues with
natural rubber seals and will eat them.
http://www.vtr.org/maintain/brake-fluids.html
Further details on types of Brake Fluid and the differences between
what the Euro's call DOT 5 and what the us calls DOT 5.1 or DOT 5.
http://www.belray.com/consumer/Q&A%20pages/q&abf.html
http://www.rpmnet.com/techart/fluid.shtml
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