VANAGON archives -- August 2010, week 3 (#376)

Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:46:33 -0400 Reply-To: Michael Snow <slowmachine82@GMAIL.COM> Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> From: Michael Snow <slowmachine82@GMAIL.COM> Subject: Re: brake question Comments: To: mcneely4@cox.net In-Reply-To: <20100819202930.R5CUP.1511932.imail@eastrmwml33> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 8:29 PM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > Michael, what do you want me to document -- that there are differences in chemistry?

I want to make it clear that DOT 4 brake fluids are backwards compatible with DOT 3 systems. Regardless of whether a brake system is filled with DOT 3 or DOT 4 brake fluid, DOT 4 fluid is safe and advisable for top-up, refill, flush/fill, etc. The fundamental difference is in the boiling point, not the basic chemistry.

-- Michael Snow 1987 Syncro TiiCo 1982 Westfalia 1.9TD http://slowmachine82.blogspot.com/

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