Re: Brake Fluid Dot 3 ?

[Herb <zephyr9900@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dot 5 IS NOT COMPATIABLE!!  I have cleaned to many systems out from
commingling DOT 3 and 5 it just turns to mud and the pedal gets hard.  DOT 5
1 is supposed to be compatible not 5!!  Using DOT 5 you can bleed DOT 3 or 4
out completely and be OK, but once converted you can never bleed DOT 5 out
because the silicone adheres to all the rubber parts and never goes away. 
The only resolution is replace any and all parts that contain rubber.  Then
and only then is when you purge the lines with denatured alcohol when the
system is apart and then blow the lines out with air to evaporate the
alcohol.   Also when you flush your system out with any thing other than
brake fluid especially alcohol based your going to damage the rubber parts
ultimately damaging them to failure.  Remember E85 will run in your car but
will kill the rubber parts and gaskets in your fuel system.  Same basic idea


    
 Herb 
 
1959 Coronet 326 Poly
1963 Fury 2D/HT 6.1
1963 Sport Fury Convertible 361
1970 Challenger RT 440
1999 Durango SLT 5.9
2006 300-C Heritage 5.7
2008 SRT-8 Magnum 6.1
St. Louis, MO.
 
 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: chymar01@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: 3/11/2009 1:11:57 PM
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Brake Fluid Dot 3 ?
 
 
All brake fluids are fully compatible by law, including DOT 5. It is not
advisable to do it, but they will work together.
DOT 3 would have been the original.
DOT 4 is highly hydroscopic(picks up moisture quickly-leading to rusted
lines and stuck cylinders).
DOT 5 is really good stuff but to convert fully, the system should be
flushed out with denatured alcohol before filling. DOT 5 also doesn't hold
moisture so any in the system will puddle somewhere and can lead to problems
under heavy braking when the water can turn to steam. It needs a bit more
regular attention than DOT 3 or 4.
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: 62pluckedchicken@xxxxxxxxx
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:47:47 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: RE: Brake Fluid Dot 3 ?
 
 
Thing is I don't know what's in there.. I assumed that DOT3 was the
recommended fluid, but I wasn't sure and I thought you weren't
suppose to mix types at all...
 
Thanks.. I'll not worry about whether it's 3 or 4
 
spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Use what you have in there; if you have DOT 3 it will work. DOT 4 will
> work too, afaik. Just don't mix silicone fluid with these.
>
> Gary H.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: 62pluckedchicken
>
> >is that a yes ;)
>
> >Doug Daniel wrote:
> >>
> >
> >
 
 
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