[Healeys] Brake Fluid Who Knew?
Dave Russell
rusd at sitestar.net
Thu Mar 20 20:30:38 MST 2008
Hi Bob,
They did get it right earlier in the article.
I just replied to Bob Johnson's question. Personally, I don't worry
about brake fluid contamination or water content. Never had a problem by
not regularly changing fluid. Tried the FASCAR test in several vehicles
to see if it does anything. Just a matter of curiosity. But I still
don't know. The eight year old fluid in my Toyota, with ABS, still shows
a low copper content. As I said, the 24 year old fluid in my truck
shows a high copper content. Both still work faultlessly.
I am certain that it (FASCAR) IS geared toward selling more brake system
flushes which are profitable to commercial shops.
Regards,
Dave
Bob Spidell wrote:
>Guess I'm being nit-picky today, but this page
>
>http://brakefluidtest.com/news/specialreports/map-standards-and-guideli.shtml
>
>refers to Dot 5.1 as "silicone.'' I don't believe Dot 5.1 BF is silicone
>(as discussed on a recent thread on this list).
>
>It bugs me when when someone trying to sound authoritative gets the
>facts wrong. Pretty much throws the whole premise in doubt (it's not a
>simple typo).
>
>Otherwise, this could be a useful product.
>
>
>bs
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