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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