Re: [Chrysler300] Dot 3 / Dot 5

[Ron Stewart <ronstewart31@xxxxxxxxx>]

no need to offer politics on this site keep yor opions to yor self c300 ron

On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Herb <zephyr9900@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> Again if you do proper maintenance you WILL NOT have a problem!! By the way
> the same moisture that is in DOT 3-4 is in DOT 5 it just sinks to the
> lowest
> point and sits there as opposed to DOT 3-4 that holds it in suspension and
> is gone when you bleed your brakes. Not sitting at the low spots unable to
> be bleed out like as with DOT 5. Another post talked of the boiling point
> of DOT 3-4 over DOT 5. Todays DOT 4 has just short of the same boiling
> quality's as DOT 5. To address the boiling, unless he is racing on a track
> his problem is unrelated to fluid!! If your brakes are getting so hot that
> your boiling fluid you need to find a real mechanic to do your brakes
> because quite frankly whom ever did them knows not what they are doing.
> Bottom line, the perceived benefits from DOT 5 are just not there in a
> street car in the lower 48 or lower 55 states, if your a fan of mr obama. I
> have many years of experience with both fluids, and have never been
> convinced that the added expense reaped any justifiable benefit. Is there
> any thing wrong with DOT 5, NO, other than the silicone impregnates all
> rubber parts and creates a mess if you want to switch back. Is there any
> thing wrong with DOT 3 or 4, NO, if you change it like your supposed to
> during normal preventative maintenance! Brakes are like transmissions out
> of sight out of mind until there is a problem. Then we try to find
> something to blame, other than our selves, and what is the easiest thing?
> Fluid! That is why there is such an after market for wonder fluids!! All
> stemmed from personal denial. Why do you have sludge in your engine? You
> did not change your fluid! Why do you have a burned up transmission? You
> did not change your fluid! Why do you have rusted brake components & lines?
> You did not change your fluid! SO, Pay now and change your fluids or Pay
> more latter!
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> -------Original Message-------
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> From: mgoodknight@xxxxxxxx
> Date: 2/4/2011 7:14:40 PM
> To: zephyr9900@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: 2HsandaHeritage@xxxxxxxxxxx; chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Dot 3 / Dot 5
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> If you haven't lived in Florida or other damp coastal areas it might be
> difficult to appreciate the deficiencies of Dot 3 for use in "occasionally
> used" vehicles.
> ---------------Marshall
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> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Herb <zephyr9900@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <2HsandaHeritage@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "Chrysler 300 List"
> <chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Dot 3 / Dot 5
> Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 15:47:20 -0600
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> DOT 5, WHY????? Please send your extra unneeded money to me, I sure can use
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> it on my 300H!! Use DOT 4 and save your time and money, there is NO
> advantage to DOT 5 in Fair Oaks, CA! Now if you lived in Fair Banks, Alaska
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> , maybe a slim chance. Just change the fluid every 30,000 miles with DOT4
> as your supposed to, and you will never have a fluid problem.
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> -------Original Message-------
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> From: 2HsandaHeritage@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: 2/4/2011 10:51:28 AM
> To: Chrysler 300 Club International
> Subject: [Chrysler300] Dot 3 / Dot 5
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> Hi Group,
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> The rear brake assemblies on my new 300 Sport are severely corroded due to
> leaking wheel cylinders and long storage.
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> I have decided to switch from Dot 3 to Dot 5 brake fluid.
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> My procedure will be to remove all wheel cylinders and hoses, remove ,
> disassemble and clean the master cylinder, blow out the steel tubing with
> compressed air and flush the tubing with a solvent.
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> I will then install new wheel cylinders and hoses, add Dot 5 and bleed the
> system.
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> Any comments or suggestions on this procedure?
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> What should I use to flush the steel tubing?
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> Thank in advance,
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> Doug Warrener
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> Fair Oaks, CA
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> 300H
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> 300 Sport Conv.
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