> You'll have to excuse my ignorance here - is DOT5.2 silicone?
> If it is, I saw
> some in Halfords, Slough last weekend, and I'd assume that
> most branches stock
> the same stuff. Didn't look too closely at it, because I
> didn't think it was
> necessary just to get a few bubbles out of the clutch, and I
> went for the
> cheaper DOT4.
>
Just as well you did - it's inadvisable to mix silicone and conventional
brake fluids. Mixing DOT 3 and DOT 4 is OK, though DOT 3 is capable of
damaging natural rubber seals, particularly those fitted into "our" braking
systems when they were new.
Bill Davies.
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