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> I've always heard this, and I use Castrol LMA in my cars. However,
> I was at a Napa store looking for brake fluid the other day and found
> that they had DOT5 and Napa brand DOT4, but no Castrol, which got me
> to wondering: is it the DOT4-ness of Castrol LMA which makes it better,
> or is there really something about Castrol which is found in no other
> brand? Is Napa DOT4 likely to be inferior to Castrol DOT4?
>
I seem to remember that the Bentley manual for XKE's gave a pecking order for
brake fluid that went something like this:
Preferred: Castrol LMA DOT 4
OK: Any other DOT 4
In an emergency, flush afterwards: DOT 3
The implication is that there is something different about Castrol, but it
isn't crucial. Perhaps the low moisture absorbtion property?
Joe
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