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Re: Brake fluid alternative

To: Phil Farmer <swimmer@seark.net>
Subject: Re: Brake fluid alternative
From: Philip Schulert <pjschu@usit.net>
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 08:46:10 -0700
DO NOT PUT 5606 aircraft hydraulic fluid in your car!!! You will replace the
whole system if you do as it eats the rubber used in cars. Someone I know did
this in his BMW and it was very expensive. For that reason I would be very
reluctant to experiment with alternative fluids

    Philip Schulert

Phil Farmer wrote:

> In all the discussions of silicon vs conventional brake fluid I have never
> seen this alternative discussed.  I have just recently became an airplane
> part owner.  Airplanes have the same problem with conventional brake fluid
> destroying rubber parts, However the recommended bluid is something called
> "Red Hydraulic Fluid".   Just wonder if anyone has tried using hydraulic
> jack oil or other hydraulic fluids as brake fluid?
>
> Phil Farmer
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