BUT DOT 5.1 Glycol based brake fluid is NOT combatable with the MATCO
CALIPER SEALS, IT WILL CAUSE THEM TO SWELL OVER TIME,
one of the guys in the UK had his brakes binding after leaving the parking
brake on over night, To move it meant cracking open the bleed nipples,
Ivor Phillips
XS486 London UK
CM Installed,working on rudder cables,
trial fit top and wings
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Renshaw" <tonyrenshaw@optusnet.com.au>
Subject: Europa-List: Dot 5.1 Retraction
<tonyrenshaw@optusnet.com.au>
>
> Gidday,
> If you are interested in brake fluids, before you spot my deliberate
> mistake, I should retract my comment about 5.1 being non aggresive to
> paint. These bloody numbers are confusing. Dot 5 is the synthetic,
silicone
> based variety that doesn't rot paint. Dot 5.1 is the petroleum variety,
and
> since the others rot paint I can only presume this one does too. I do know
> it is expensive, and hard to get, but if it leaks out when you are away
> from home, well you can top it up with the other Dot varieties, and I
think
> even Automatic Transmission Fluid without it rotting your seals, and then
> you can flush it all out and replace the fluid, without having to replace
> the seals. So, I now think the rotting variety, albeit the best one being
> Dot 5.1 is the way to go, just don't let it get out !
> Hope this helps somebody. It is helping me to get it out there anyway.
> Reg
> Tony Renshaw
> Sydney Australia
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