[6pack] Foreboding brake fluid leak -servo rebuild needed?

[Robert Lang]

On Fri, 17 Apr 2009, Navarrette, Vance wrote:

> 	Robert:
>
> 	At the risk of sounding smug (OK, I am feeling smug) I have to ask:
>
> 	1. Is this DOT 4 fluid we are talking about in terms of popping 
> leaks over the winter?

Yes, it was DOT4. Castrol LMA.

The car also sat for over 6 years. So any problems with the hydraulics 
were completely expected.

I won't use DOT5 on any of my cars. I need dry boiling temps well in 
excess of whatever all the DOT5 cans I've read. My car isn't a tank, 
either. :-)

I'd use the fancy synthetic stuff, but I'd have to buy tires too... the 
castrol synth stuff is $65 a quart. I use a couple of quarts every year. 
That works out to .5 of a tire. That's a big hit in the "budget".

regards,
rml
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