Re: [Chrysler300] the great DOT5 debate-Please delete if not interested

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I just wanted to note that I have had silicone brake fluid, DOT 5, in my 1962 Chrysler 300H since 1975 and have never changed it or have I ever had to add any.  In all these years, I have not had a need to do any brake work on the car, a real plus since trying to remove those rear drums is a pain.  Whenever I drive the car, it always brakes just like new, never any pulling or any other problems.  I do not drive my car very much, maybe several hundred miles a year at most, but I appreciate the maintenance free service this fluid has provided.  I also have this fluid in most of my other cars and same thing, never a problem after decades.  Now I live in Southern California where it is relatively dry and all my cars are garaged (concrete floor) so that no doubt helps.  But I do know that other cars I have had with the regular brake fluid are nothing but trouble after a few years, even when I flush them regularly. I end up with leaking wheel cylinders and pulling brakes and repeated maintenance.  These other posts critical of DOT 5 fluid have me wondering how the experiences could be so different.  I would have to say I am with John.
Steve Albu

---- John Fowlie <bigmauto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> I had never used silicone brake fluid until recently, when I bought a '59
> Dodge that had been stored beneath plastic tarps under a freeway overpass in
> the damp environs of San Francisco. The previous owner told me to be sure to
> use the silicone fluid, as that was what he used in it ten years ago when he
> last drove it. After replacing the transmission [which is why the car had
> been parked] I was thoroughly amazed to find that after pumping the brake
> pedal twice, I had a good firm pedal, and when driving, no pulling or
> grabbing. 
> 
>  
> 
> Any of my other Forward look cars can set unused for six months, and brake
> trouble is to be expected in the form of sticking or leaking wheel
> cylinders, due to the hygroscopic nature of DOT 3 fluid absorbing moisture
> from the atmosphere.
> 
>  
> 
> Just my 2 cents worth.
> 
>  
> 
> John Fowlie
> 
> 
> 
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