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Date:         Mon, 14 Oct 1996 12:28:34 -0400 (EDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         ERIC ZENO <emz@viper.nauticom.net>
Subject:      Re: air in the brakes?



On Mon, 14 Oct 1996, David Sidote wrote:


> I used DOT 3. I imagine as Tim S. suggested that air could be getting back into
> the system but I use a rubber hose in a jar half full of fluid. I can't imagine
> how air could get back in. The res. did go dry when I was changing the wheel
> cylinders. Could this be the problem? Thanks.
> 
  Dave,


      DOT 3 has a boiling point less than needed. The fluid could be getting
      to hot and boiling in the system. I have seen this happen in every
      Vanagon DOT 3 was put into. 


      ALso the hose in the cup trick doesn't work. The problem is the
      thread area on the bleeder screw, It's not in the brake fluid!


      Find some DOT 4, and a friend and try again. Let us know what
      happens.


                                                      Eric ZEno
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