all good info. BUT now I'm confused again....see below. DOT 5 is silicon base, correct and not compatible w/ glycol based Dot 3-4 BUT what they sell now at Adv. Auto is synthetic Dot 3 & 4 and they it's compatible w/ my old stuff...that was where my original ? started.....Can we get an authoritive final concensus on this brake fluid? In fact, I cannot located anything but synthetic at my FLAPS.....few old time cans but majority is now sythetic? Larry Ga. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jake de Villiers" <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM> > "Dot 5 is silicone based..." > > On Dec 4, 2007 8:04 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Normal brake fluid is glycol based. Dot 4 is a higher performance standard > > and is VW recommended. Dot is silicone based is not compatible with DOT 3 > > or 4. > > > > Dennis > > > > Subject: 85 Vanagon - DOT brake fluid, DOT 3 vs. 4 > > > > Ok...it appears "most" brake fluid now is synthetic, agreed? > > > > If so, and I have the old DOT 3 in my system, must I flush all that fluid > > out to get consistant synthetic-only fluid? > > > > Any can anyone tell me of a case where synthetic DOT 3 was NOT adequate > > for the job of stopping our small vans.... > > > > Larry > > Ga. > > > > PS. I'd like to stay with what I've already got in the system, synthetic > > DOT 3 and I have a hard time believing my little daily driver van needs a > > HP, hi-temp. brake fluid so tell me how I'm wrong? Any case studies where > > DOT 3 was not adequate.... > > > > > |
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