<All> Brake Fluid Info
Al Powell
powellae at home.com
Sat Apr 28 21:02:50 EDT 2001
After my inquiry, I got some good information on brake fluid. In case
others care, here's a compilation of wet and dry brake fluid boiling
points, along with credit to the source:
Sources: Trevor Frank and Mike Guidotti.
Brake Fluid Comparison Chart
Brand Wet Boiling Point Dry Boiling Point Street
price
Castrol SRF 518F 590F
36.00
Motul 600 421F 585F
17.95
AP-600 410F 572F
30.00
ATE-Super Blue 392F 536F
28.00
ATE TYP 200 392F 536F
??
Valvoline 333F 513F
21.00
Castrol LMA 311F 446F
12.99
Ford HD 290F 550F
12.99
Wilwood 570 284F 570F
25.99
PFC-Z rated 284F 550F
29.99
AP-550 284F 550F
19.99
Performance Friction 284F 550F
??
The fluid I went with:
Valvoline SynPower 343F 502F
$4.48 (K-Mart 4/28/01)
Why did I go that way? With the reference information sent to me, on
a Saturday AM, I was confident that this was the best fluid I could
find in the time available. Its wet boiling point is higher than the
Ford Fluid, and the dry temp isn't bad for a standard fluid. In
fact, since I've been using Castrol LMF, it out-performs the fluid
I've been using both wet and dry. The only place I think you'll find
the ATE, Motul and others are specialty shops, and I didn't have fast
access to any of them.
In the emails I got, the Ford HD Fluid was often recommended. Among
the specialty fluids, Motul 600 or ATE Super Blue were picks for the
buck.
Here's one comment I received:
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