Re[2]: [alfa] Re: Clutch Master Cylinder Rebuild Questions- 69 Spider

[Richard Welty <rwelty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

[back from an emergency trip out of town, catching up]

On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 18:42:28 +0000 webb.p@domain.elided wrote:
> I thought it was to do with moisture.  

water goes into suspension in glycol based fluids. water settles to the
bottom with silicone based fluids. choose your poison.

> Or does it eat seals?

it's incompatible with some older seals. you're not likely to run into this
problem with a well maintained braking system these days.

>   If it's
> high 
> temp and non-hydroscopic why isn't it used more?   It seems to lack all
> of the 
> negatives of mineral or synthetic based fluids.

silicone has its own negatives -- difficult to pour, soft pedals, and
the high-temp characteristics are actually at least partially mythical.
 
> I'm about to try the Motul RBF600 DOT5.1 synthetic fluid.

this should be a very good fluid. Motul's synthetic glycols are highly
regarded.

richard
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