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Re: new Brake Fluid, Valvoline synthetic

To: Bob Kramer <rgk@flash.net>
Subject: Re: new Brake Fluid, Valvoline synthetic
From: fred thomas <vafred@erols.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 07:57:45 -0700
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <199807152336.SAA05932@endeavor.flash.net>
Bob Kramer wrote:
> 
> Has anyone seen/tried the new Valvoline synthetic brake fluid I just
> saw on the shelf at Pep Boys. It has a higher boiling point, but in
> reading the label, it says it will mar paintwork. Since it exceeds DOT
> 4, it should be alright with our rubber. Any comments before I buy this
> stuff?
> 
> Bob Kramer, Austin TX
> Hill Country Triumph Club
> TR6's, TR250's, TR3A vintage race
> rgk@flash.net

Bob, castrol and other syn. will not harm paint, so is a higher boiling 
point, that is never reached anyway, worth the loss of paint ? Just my 
.02


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