In the early 1900's Castrol was a lubricant made by Wakefield Oil from
Castor Oil the name Castrol was a contraction of that. I assume the
company changed the name to Castrol because the product was successful.
It is no longer made from Castor Oil. When I was using normal brake
fluid. I tried to use Castrol LMA (low moisture activity) when I could
find it - which was not all of the time. I have now switched to silicone
brake fluid in my Spitfire and will use it in my GT6 when I get it done.
As others have said, other brake fluid will work.
Roger Elliott
1980 Spitfire
> Thanks for the replies, everyone. My email I sent to Triumphs Only(replied
>within an hour!) said pretty explicitly to use only GT LMA. The majority of
>the emails I got was to use Castrol's.
>
> I was under the impression LMA was unique to Castrol's fluids. Is it
>classified as DOT 4?
>
> Either way, of all places to buy Castrol's fluid, you can get it on Amazon.
>Guess it's just not for books anymore. So I'll scrape some dough together, buy
>several bottles and bleed away.
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