Barry I am confused, if you think it can be re-used / re-cycled then why
flush the system at all? I know you'd filter it somehow and then re-use it.
I really don't know the answer to your question and in my opinion if you
care enough to flush the system why not discard. At the end of the day it's
not that expensive unless of course you do it on a very frequent basis.
My thoughts on a rainy Saturday morning.
JVV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Schwartz" <v6spitfireguy@cox.net>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 8:57 AM
Subject: [TR] Re-using Silicon brake fluid?
> Now before you start the flames, I am quite aware of why you don't re-use
> old conventional brake fluid, and am not in anyway recommending to do this
> - but...I was bleeding the wifes Mustang brakes the other day, after
> replacing the brake fluid for its 30k routine maintenance but I got to
> thinking (which in my case can be dangerous) . The reason you change this
> fluid is because it gets contaminated with some small particles of stuff,
> but the main reason is it also absorbs water reducing the effectiveness of
> it by lowering the boiling point It doesn't really "wear" out. However
> Silicon fluid does not absorb water. So if thats the case, could one
> reuse the old stuff that you bleed out by running it through a filter (say
> a good fuel filter) to sort out any particles big enough to do any harm?
> This stuff is fairly expensive and hard to get rid of, and recycling it
> would make sense if possible, especially with 4 of my vehicles using it -
> I haven't really seen anything that states to NOT reuse old Silicon fluid,
> only old Dot 3, 4 etc - I am not (at this stage) really contemplating
doing
> this, but if I don't find any information specifically advising against it
> I may try it on something with low risk - like a clutch system or some
such
> thing
> Barry Schwartz
> San Diego, CA
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