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Subject:Re: source for rebuilt ATE calipers?
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:56:07 -0700

hygroscopic Scott.

alistair

On 2012-06-20, at 4:16 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:

> On 6/19/2012 7:29 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
>> one on the bottom,
>> where water would tend to collect
>
> that might be true ..
> but then generally, conventional brake fluid is hydroscopic I think is
> the word..
> it absorbs water.
> It will even turn completely to water eventually, or real water-like.
> I wouldn't expect water to separate and collect in the bottoms of the
> calipers,
> but it can't hurt to bleed and flush there too.