David,
I would recommend replacing sillycone fluid with a good DOT4 fluid,
preferably one designed for racing. Suck the old fluid out of the master
cyl with an old turkey baster. Fill it with new fluid and bleed until the
new stuff comes thru at all corners. DOT4 is compatible with the little bit
of silicone that will be left.
For boiling points of wet and dry fluid, check out this chart:
www.pegasusautoracing.com/group.asp?GroupID=BRAKEFLUID
If he will be racing, he should change the fluid after each race. If he is
only an occasional racer, change it every racing season.
Allen Hefner
Norristown PA
On 3/26/06, SDOliner@aol.com <SDOliner@aol.com> wrote:
>
> Going over a friend's recently purchased Bugeye race car, which has not
> been
> driven for quite some time.
>
> The PO told him that he used silicone brake fluid in the brakes. I dipped
> my
> finger in the master and the fluid is purple, so my guess is that this is
> silicone.
> There is no clutch pedal pressure, and no fluid in that master. I am guess
> that there is still some in the line. Before topping up the master, how
> can we
> be sre if this is also silicone?
>
> David Oliner
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