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On 18 Jul 2004 at 13:21, Floyd Hagen wrote: > On Wed, Jul 14, 2004, Jim Adney wrote: > > Silicone Brake Fluid > > > I recommend DoT-5 Silicone Brake Fluid for our cars, as I am now convinced that > > I get much longer brake part lifetime from it than from standard DoT 3 or 4 > > fluids. I've been using DoT-5 Silicone Brake Fluid in all my VWs since 1978. I > > have a separate Silicone FAC if you're intested in more information. > > Great post, Jim. Thanks. > > How do you flush the system? Open the bleed valve, pump the pedal till > nothing comes out, then move on to the next wheel? No, you need the new fluid to flush out the old. I think I've covered it pretty well in my silicone faq. I'll send you a copy. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~