[Healeys] Silicone DOT5 brakefluid for the 100

David Nock healeydoc at sbcglobal.net
Mon Nov 9 17:31:07 MST 2009


This comes up about every 6 months or so and all I will say is that   
if you purchase a Girling cylinder or kit in the instructions it  
clearly states that if you use Silicone fluid your warranty is VOID.


On Nov 9, 2009, at 3:06 PM, Eric (Rick) Wilkins wrote:

> Silicone is known to be more compressible than DOT 4. That's one of  
> the reasons that it is not used or recommended in ABS systems.
>
> The fact that it doesn't absorb moisture is bad because instead of  
> suspending moisture, it can cause water to "settle" in brake parts  
> leading to water pockets and/or corrosion from same.
>
> Wilko
>
> On Nov 9, 2009, at 1:52 PM, Tom Felts wrote:
>
>> less water absorption is a negative???
>>
>> And----my pedals are in no way spongy.  Sorry to defend DOT 5 so  
>> strongly, but seems everything I hear bad about it has not  
>> happened to me in a very long time of silicone use.
>>
>>
>> ---- Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl> wrote:
>>
>> =============
>> Although DOT5 has its advantages in:
>>
>> -not stripping paint like DOT3/4 (I do not know if this also true for
>> DOT5.1)
>> -less detoriation being not or less hygroscopic
>> -higher dry and wet boiling point
>> -long life
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