Re: brake fluid anyone?

[STEADIRIC@aol.com]

>ATF Super Blue sucks. 
>I've put it in right before the Watkins Glen event and did not like the 
>spongy results under the hard braking at all. 
>One more thing: the stuff is INCREDIBLY agressive. It dissolved the Lexan 
>reservoir, that i use in my pressure bleeder, in 5 minutes, it just exploded

>under pressure. The Tygon hoses turned milky in a few seconds. I was not 
>that curious as to find out if it was going to eat through something in my 
>car's braking sys.
>I had flushed it out immediately after the Glen event.

What brake pads were you using?  Are you sure that it was fluid boil that 
you were experiencing?  I've been running ATE Super blue (BTW That's BMW 
OE Fill...... It's just not blue for them)for a long time and I have 
never had the experience that you have described.

Later!


Eric Fletcher
'87 5KCSTQIA2RSR2B
St. Louis, MO

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