[Main C900 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Re: Brake fluid (Dot 3/4) is glycol based...so is antifreez Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by Justin VanAbrahams [Email] (#32) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Justin VanAbrahams) on Thu, 1 Sep 2011 10:51:40 In Reply to: Brake fluid (Dot 3/4) is glycol based...so is antifreez, saaboc, Thu, 1 Sep 2011 06:15:38 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

The reason you don't use anything but brake fluid is because anything other than brake fluid has the potential to result in complete brake failure. It is just totally irresponsible to drive a car on the road that has unreliable brakes. If you need to stop for another car, a dog, or a kid in the road, what then?

Rubber products are designed to work in specific applications. Using them in the wrong application can result in the failure of rubber product and/or the contamination of the system with degraded (failed) rubber. Fuel line is different from brake line is different from vacuum line is different from coolant line, and you are not to mix them up or you put your car, yourself, and others at risk.

I think a discussion about fluid substitutions is irresponsible. The simple answer is: There aren't any. Manufacturers choose fluids based on their properties, and then design systems to contain those fluids. The wrong fluid in any system is a recipe for disaster, and positively should not be encouraged.

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• miracle cure for badly leaking clutch slave..., saaboc, Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:06:13
  • Re: miracle cure for badly leaking clutch slave..., Bob Bitchen, Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:45:14
    • sounds like an expensive experiment, DougM , Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:37:39
      • Re: sounds like an expensive experiment, Richard Buckthorpe-Cooper, Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:36:14
        • boiling point, Cmyles , Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:15:30
          • Re: boiling point, Justin VanAbrahams , Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:39:36
            • back in the day, DougM , Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:39:13
              • Everything slated for repl anyway...except, saaboc, Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:09:10
                • Brake fluid (Dot 3/4) is glycol based...so is antifreez, saaboc, Thu, 1 Sep 2011 06:15:38
                  • Re: Brake fluid (Dot 3/4) is glycol based...so is antifreez, Justin VanAbrahams , Thu, 1 Sep 2011 10:51:40 <-- Viewing This Message
                    • Yes, in/under OPTIMAL situations/conditions., saaboc, Fri, 2 Sep 2011 16:27:41
                      • Follow up: clutch non-op again aft x3 days..., saaboc, Tue, 6 Sep 2011 15:55:49

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