Your included file failed to mention that DOT3 fluids will EAT the rubber
parts of most lbcs. Also that DOT5 conversion not only requires rebuilding of
system, but also a very complete flushing of all lines, with 99% alcohol
being the only really safe medium. Also that 5 and 4 won't mix.
"if it works for you, use it" is terrible advice for telling people what to
use in something as vital as brakes, Especially since the damage done by
wrong fluids and poor techniques is generally long term. Further, your file
contradicts this by saying, properly so, that fluid should be changed every
couple of years. Knowing that DOT3 is death to the rubber, you MUST change
what you use or you Will break it.
DOT5 isn't used in racing because it absorbs 15% air, as opposed to 5% in
regular fluid.
All in all, your included article made some good points, all of which were
covered in agonizingly painstaking detail on this list last month. It also
contains some potentially FATAL information.,
Please do not present info like this article when you yourself admit that
you don't have the knowledge to verify its' accuracy. After all, the brakes
that fail may be on the car aimed at yours!
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