Jim, I have observed no abnormal wear. Knowing that silicon is sometimes
used as a lubricant, wear should not be a problem. My slave cylinder, master
cylinder, wheel cylinders have remained functional since rebuild in 1986. I
drive the car one to three thousand a year. Regards, Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Blackwood" <jblackwood5@insightbb.com>
To: <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 2:54 PM
Subject: RE: Hydraulic fluids - getting your DOTs lined up.
> So I guess nobody can answer my question then. I would have hoped that
> some wear studies would have been done, but apparently if so the info is
> not available. I'm familiar with all the other characteristics,
> problems, attributes etc and would be using silicone exclusively, but
> when a slave cylinder costs over $350 you think twice about wear.
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Gary Moore
> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 9:53 AM
> To: Theo Smit; tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Hydraulic fluids - getting your DOTs lined up.
>
> Very interesting piece of disinformation. Dot 5 is silicone in the
> United
> States. The advantage of Dot 5 is it's permanence. To install into an
> existing system you must strip and thoroughly remove any vestige of
> Dot3/4.
> Once done it will not deteriorate under normal conditions. You can pour
> on
> your hood and all it does is to shine the paint. It does not attack or
> swell
> seals including the rubber ones in old English cars and bikes from the
> pre
> sixties. I find Dot 5 performance quite acceptable but then I am not
> racing
> down Pikes peak which is the example nay sayers like to use."Altitude
> change" if there are air bubbles in system gives soft pedal. The fluid
> knocks the hell out of master cylinder, wheel cylinder, brake hose and
> fluid
> sales. Now you know why it's unpopular. Regards, Gary
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Theo Smit" <tsmit@shaw.ca>
> To: <tigers@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 8:01 PM
> Subject: Hydraulic fluids - getting your DOTs lined up.
>
>
> > Hey gang,
> > I've found this FAQ from the Bel-Ray site to be great for putting to
> > rest the what-is-compatible-with-what and where-should-I-use-silicone
> > debates.
> >
> > http://www.belray.com/consumer/Q&A%20pages/q&abf.html
> >
> > Bel-Ray is a well-known supplier of high performance fluids in the
> > motorcycle world which is why most of the FAQ mentions bikes rather
> than
> > cars, but I think the basic information is most useful: Silicone
> fluids
> > are not compatible with glycol fluids, and DOT 5 does not imply
> silicone
> > everywhere in the world.
> >
> > Theo
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