[alfa] re: Time for Brake MC

[Joe Elliott <jee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is your mechanic nuts?  Does he replace every brake component on 
every car he services before he adds brake fluid?  Are you sure you 
heard him correctly.  DOT 3/4 fluid and DOT 5 are certainly not 
compatible!  Simply put, don't use DOT 5 fluid in any vehicle that's 
driven seriously.  That stuff's for military trucks, Harleys, and 
museum piece vehicles.  And I think some fools use it in go-kart 
racing, although I can't imagine why.

-Joe

At 8:13 PM +0000 10/22/03, alfa-digest wrote:

> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 08:51:50 -0700
> From: "Stefano Iachella" <iachella@domain.elided>
> Subject: [alfa] Time for Brake MC
>
> Cats,
>
> Time for a new brake master cylinder for my Alfetta. My pedal
> goes to the floor slowly. Pumping helps for a while, then back
> down again. No external leaks. Am I right?
>
> Questions about which to get. I have a set of GTV6 Brembo
> calipers that will go on one day. I understand that the 22mm
> is the better cylinder to use. I saw a website showing a 24mm
> one. Is this a good upgrade for Brembo calipers, or overkill?
> And does someone know what site that was? I thought is was
> Spuell, but it doesn't seem to be there now.
>
> My mechanic had mentioned he only uses DOT 5. I had a bottle
> of DOT 3 and when the reservoir was very low a few months
> ago, I filled up with it. Would this have anything to do with my
> failure? Should I then purge the system when replacing and use
> DOT 5?
>
> Thanks,
> Stefano
> Oakland, CA
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