He did asy DOT4 in his original post....
My guess may be crappy rubber in repro parts.
-=Chris
Chris King
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<-----Original Message----->
From: Brad Fornal [tequila.brad@gmail.com]
Sent: 6/7/2010 1:14:27 PM
To: paulbaker53@yahoo.co.uk
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Clutch Fluid problem
Are you using DOT 3? That could eat away at the innards of the units.
DOT 4
is a MUST, and DOT 5 Silicone is an option.
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Paul Baker <paulbaker53@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
> Last year I fitted new brake and clutch master cylinders and a new
slave
> cylinder on my sprite and used Castrol Response Super Dot 4 fluid in
both
> clutch and braking systems . One year on the fluid in the Clutch m/c
> turned
> dark grey and very thick and slave and m/c rubbers failed. After a
month
> with
> new clutch master/slave cylinders the fluid is turning grey again. The
> fluid
> in the brake m/c is fine. What's causing the fluid to change colour
and go
> thick, are the rubber seals disintegrating or the fluid oxidising the
> castings? And why the clutch system but not the brake system?
>
> Your thoughts
> would be much appreciated.
>
> Paul
>
> 65 Sprite
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