Ate Super Blue mix w/OEM?

[Brett Dikeman]

At 3:52 PM -0700 9/24/04, Chris Dyer wrote:
>Can super blue brake fluid mix w/ the OEM stuff I'm using now? Car 
>is a '87 5kcstq.  Is this a DOT 4 fluid typically, or DOT 3?

ATE Super Blue can be mixed with DOT4.  Nobody should be using DOT3 
anymore.  FYI- some claim ATE blue causes their clutch to creak. 
DOT5 cannot be mixed with anything AND the system sorta needs to be 
designed for it.

I think it's Castrol that makes a large gold-colored bottle of fluid; 
the stuff is inexpensive and has a boiling point that is plenty high 
enough for just about anybody.

   I feel ATE is not worth the expense- and the whole blue vs clear 
bit for helping you decide when you've bled enough is quite silly.  I 
last used ATE Blue many years ago and only recently have I finally 
started getting completely clear fluid when bleeding- and I've 
practically emptied the entire system at least twice, and bled it at 
least 2-3 times.

If you are boiling your fluid, even on the track- you're doing 
something very wrong.  If you are doing it on the street, you've got 
something VERY wrong, like a stuck caliper.

Brett
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