"Dot 5 is silicone based..."

On Dec 4, 2007 8:04 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Normal brake fluid is glycol based. Dot 4 is a higher performance standard
> and is VW recommended. Dot is silicone based is not compatible with DOT 3
> or 4.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> AAG - Larry Word
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 11:03 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: 85 Vanagon - DOT brake fluid, DOT 3 vs. 4
>
> Ok...it appears "most" brake fluid now is synthetic, agreed?
>
> If so, and I have the old DOT 3 in my system, must I flush all that fluid
> out to get consistant synthetic-only fluid?
>
> Any can anyone tell me of a case where synthetic DOT 3 was NOT adequate
> for the job of stopping our small vans....
>
> Larry
> Ga.
>
> PS. I'd like to stay with what I've already got in the system, synthetic
> DOT 3 and I have a hard time believing my little daily driver van needs a
> HP, hi-temp. brake fluid so tell me how I'm wrong?  Any case studies where
> DOT 3 was not adequate....
>

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