Did you ever find out what was causing it? I have to say, based on your
email below, you were far more thorough than I ever was in flushing mine.
Definitely not a DPO! It seems that if you replaced all components in the
system, there would be no chance of contamination. In my case, I was only
replacing the master cylinder...all other components remained. So, I knew I
had to clean it out as much as possible since the slave cylinder and all the
pipes were coated with the old gunk fluid and deposits.
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From: Pete & Aprille Chadwell [SMTP:dynamic@transport.com]
Sent: Friday, January 22, 1999 10:32 AM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Brake Fluid
Greg Hutmacher wrote:
>There was a post not too long ago asking why someone's clutch fluid
turned
>dark >within weeks of installing a new master cylinder. It was
probably a
>result of >not thoroughly flushing the system. Regards, Greg
That was me!! That was me!! I'll note that Greg used the word
"probably"
so I'll not take any offense. But I buy Castrol LMA brake fluid by
the
quart, too. It was some OTHER phenomenon filling my clutch cylinder
with
black crud. Not only would I constantly and thoroughly FLUSH the
pipe and
hose with clean fluid, (and once or twice with alchohol) but I
eventually
REPLACED the pipe and hose in hopes that THAT would solve my
problem, but
the crud returned every time.
Just had to preserve my reputation here... don't want to get labeled
as a
"DPO!!"
Pete Chadwell
1973 TR6
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