Re: DOT 3-4 verses DOT 5 silicone.

[mcmanus2301@xxxxxxx]

I have had the same experience with Dot 5 silicone brake fluid.  I was told not to use it on my last car build.  I did it anyway because of good luck I have had with it.  I solves all my brake fluid related issues just as Steve mentioned.

On a side note.  My son raced Gokarts nationally for ten years.  We had all kinds of corrosion, rust and hydroscopic problems with brand new racing gokarts.  We started changing out the brake fluid to Dot 5 when we got the Gokarts new.  It solved all of our brake problems.

Scott from Louisiana 






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From: MO ( Steve Mick) <micher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, Oct 14, 2010 9:51 pm
Subject: DOT 3-4 verses DOT 5 silicone.


This topic always seems to stir debate. In my 56 Chrysler, I put all new M/C wheel cylinders and all lines . Here is why I like DOT 5 silicone: no corrosion anywhere. - will not hurt paint, my M/C has no sighn of rust and the paint is like new on it after 6 years--firewall around it has no rust, unlike it did have from brake fluid corrosion also corroded on my 64 odge. --No sighn of swollen rubber parts anywhere. Same testimony from others that have done the same as I. . I just can't buy the water separation theory. If the brake lines and wheel cylinders are completly bled of air, There is no room for condensation to form and so no water tn the silicone. No water-no rust. From my first hand experience, I think I will use DOT 5 in my 64 Dodge. Just my 2 cents worth .......................MO 
{Steve Mick} 
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