Re: DOT 3 or DOT 4
Dennis Wilson asks: "I just put Dot 3 in my 77 Midget. Will it really eat up
all the seals??"
I had a brake master cylinder replaced in my 74 MGB by a "brake professional"
when I was in Colorado and he used Dot 3 when he refilled the system.
Unfortunately, I didn't know any better. The rubber in the wheel cylinders
turned to mush. It looked like someone had taken a blow torch to them. The
brakes failed just as I was leaving from my parents-in-law's house to head down
a mountain pass. If they'd waited another 5 minutes to fail, it would have
been one heck of a ride.
I believe the Dot 3 had been in the car about a year and I wound up replacing
every rubber piece in the brake system. It was a major pain. I think I'd do
some major league flushing of your brake lines PDQ.
Mark Rosneck
Mentor Graphics Corporation
8005 S.W. Boeckman Road
Wilsonville, OR 97070-7777
Phone: (503) 685-1340
Fax: (503) 685-7704
Email: mark_rosneck@mentorg.com
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