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<br><div><div>On Mar 27, 2016, at 6:27 PM, dave n <<a href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com">dave@ranteer.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">I actually spoke to a moss employee about that a few years ago. he said the reason that moss discourages the use of silicone fluid is liability. if you just start adding silicone fluid to your dot 3/4 brake system, bad things will happen. they don't want that. if you switch, you need to fully drain and flush the system.<br><br>I, too, have been using silicone (dot 5) in my cars for over a decade. never a problem due to the silicone.<br><br>the arguments, at least for me, are pretty simple.<br><br>dot 4/5 eats paint, absorbs water (that's hygroscopic, NOT hydroscopic), and must be bled annually. and when you bleed it, you better be careful about the paint in the wheel wells!<br><br>dot 5 doesn't. it is slippery and messy, so yes, you should catch it with a tube as well.<br><br>if you are painting a car, or some part, be very very careful about silicone, even being in the air. it will cause orange peel.<br><br>the pedal feel with dot 4/5 is a little firmer.<br><br>want better stopping - get better brake pads. I got really aggressive pads on my TR6 and noticed a huge difference. still silicone.<br><br><br><br>** <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> **<br><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br>Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/levilevi@comcast.net">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/levilevi@comcast.net</a><br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>