RE: [T3] SYNTHETIC OIL GOOD

["Keegan Ferrando" <moz@EchoWeb.net>]

Okay guys,

        I wasnt just taking a wild stab in the dark with the whole replacing of the brake lines. I read this in a back issue of Popular Mechanics in which the same type of question was brought up. I will find the article and post it for all of you to see. 

keegan
'69 Squareback AT, FI "Sammy"

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Erkson, Toby" <toby.erkson@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 15:38:50 -0700

>My comments below.
>
>    Toby Erkson
>    air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
>    (This is my preferred address)
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I believe that I read that the synthetic brake fluid is the 
>>DOT 5 right?
>
>Right.
>
>>well anyways, I believe you have to replace your entire brake 
>>line system because if you have non DOT 5 brake fluid it will 
>>ruin the DOT 5 fluid so the entire system has to been clean.
>
>Wrong.  Read the FAQ by Jim.  Replacing the entire brake system would be
>cost prohibitive.
>
>Hmmm, we need a synthetic filter implemented to keep all these rumors
>squelched.  Synthetic controversies have been a continuous problem on this
>list since the beginning (yeah, I've been on here since Saint Merritt began
>the web preachings of T3 land :).
>
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