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From: "Joseph Grant" <grant@bowtie6.com>
> Do what you like but I have a friend who owned a pristine TR250. He
> switched to silicone fluid and after several months started having issues
> with his brakes. Eventually they ended up failing. There are some adverse
> reaction between the silicone and the rubber used in the master cylinder and
> the rest of the braking system. I realize there are many folks that use it
> and swear by it, but I had a chance to see firsthand what happened to my
> friend's car soon after conversion to silicone fluid.
>
> He ended up having to replace the entire system at quite a bit of a cost.
> For me, that is just not worth the risk. I don't use it.
Interesting. Silicone fluid has performed perfectly in my TR6 for about 12
years now.
Irv Korey
74 TR6 CF22767U
Highland Park, IL
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