| Brake fluid - Dot 5? [message #355168] |
Tue, 26 May 2020 21:27  |
tgeiger
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Is our braking system able to use Dot 5? Been working to restore another vehicle and some of those guys have converted over to Dot 5 because of its stability.
TG
Tom Geiger
76 Eleganza II
KCMO
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| Re: [GMCnet] Brake fluid - Dot 5? [message #355170 is a reply to message #355168] |
Tue, 26 May 2020 21:54  |
Emery Stora
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NO. Dot5 is a silicone based fluid. Do not try to convert to it.
You can however convert to DOT 5.1. You should convert to it. convert it. I did a seminar at the Tallahassee convention last year about brake fluids and 5.1. It is probably on the GMCMI web site. 5.1 is a glycol based brake fluid with additives to give a higher boiling point.
Easy to do. It is compatible with Dot 3 and Dot 4 fluids.
Emery Stora
77 Kingsley
Frederick, CO
> On May 26, 2020, at 8:28 PM, tom geiger via Gmclist wrote:
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> Is our braking system able to use Dot 5? Been working to restore another vehicle and some of those guys have converted over to Dot 5 because of its
> stability.
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> TG
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