You might want to switch to Castrol LMA brake fluid instead of generic DOT4.
IME generic brake fluid can rot British seals.
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 6/9/11 12:27 PM, daybell7@aol.com at daybell7@aol.com wrote:
> MG'ers,
>
> My cars will leak (and sometimes dump) hydraulic fluid from the brake, clutch
> master cylinders, and clutch slave cylinders when sitting in the garage
> regardless of the age of the component. It seems I am always rebuiding or
> replacing the units. Many times if I pump the pedal and drive the problem
> disappears.
>
> I use DOT 3/4 brake fluid, and was wondering if a switch to DOT 5 would
> minimize the leaking? I think the real answer is to drive the cars more.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Steve Hughes
> Gainesville, FL
> 68 BGT
> 72 MGB
> 73 TR6
> 59 Morris Minor
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