Pushrods4life

What's going on my fellow GM guys , as the topic says above clutch fluid is dark already . Last weekend I installed a ram twin disk , tick adjustable master and new slave cylinder . The car only has 100 miles on it since everything was installed . Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Jose

nobird8991

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fluid needs to be bled. what did you put in it? make sure you put in some good high temp fluid as the cheap stuff wont last long.

02ls1gun

^^. Put some good dot 4. I don't remember the name but its blue

Pushrods4life

I used the prestone dot 4 , and to honest the fluid isn't black in any way but it has become a bronze ish color

nobird8991

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ate super blue is what everyone says to run. I literally just put it in today.

nobird8991

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if it's changed color a little that is normal but does show signs of heat cycles. if your pedal starts to go to ****, change the fluid.

user_guest3214

I am not sure if the law was changed, but this fluid was illegal to sell in the USA and has been taken off the market due to its blue color. All of it was recalled last month and supposedly finding it is pretty hard these days.

ponchjoe

Why is DOT 5 not recommended? Or what about some of the import brake fluids? Has anyone done any testing? I am getting ready to flush the old stuff out of my car this week and don't want to have to do it again this year.

SladeX

It depends on the DOT5 brand you get. Most DOT5 fluid is silicone based and wrecks seals and doesn't work in ABS cars. Our hydraulics use similar seals. I used to use Motul DOT5.1 as it was not silicone and compatible with DOT3 and 4.

DOT3 should be good in most scenarios, but if you have headers, wrap up the line and use dot4.

TheBlueKnight

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Over the last 5 years with my car I've tried so many different brands and Dots. I've tried Dot 3, Dot 4, Dot 5.1 ect... I've never found over the years that any of them out perform another or get dark quicker so now I just use cheap Orielly's Dot 3/4.

SPEC-01

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Flush and refill the hydraulics and go from there. I am a big fan of the Motul RBF-600 fluid. This should take care of your fluid issues and allow for a more consistent pedal. Let me know if you need anything else.

SNLPerformance

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I assume you have the RST as an organic disc clutch darkens the fluid the fastest, it is normal after break in for the fluid to need to be rebled as the mating surfaces are all trying to become parallel so it will be dusting the most. Hope that helps, Chris

demonspeed

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I believe that only pertained to Florida. One can get the same exact fluid without the blue hue, though. The reason why one would run the blue is because the different colors made it easier to tell the brake system was bled since most autox/road racing people bleed their system each outing.

user_guest3214

I was told it was a Federal DOT issue...not just Florida. It was only related to the blue color as no fluid brake in the USA is allowed to be sold without being amber in color.

Not 100% sure that is true as I have seen DOT 5 fluid that is purple in color, but maybe it is exempt due to it being silicon?

MeentSS02

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In this case, it really doesn't matter...Ate Super Blue is the exact same thing as Ate Typ 200, only the Typ 200 doesn't have the blue dye.

demonspeed

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Right. So the Super Blue is likely going to have a disclaimer that says "offroad use only" to get around any enforcement of the issue.

Pushrods4life

Thanks for all the help guy really appreciate it

blue99fbody

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just use a cheap non synthetic dot 4 thats what i use

SNLPerformance

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I agree, Prestone from Walmart works for most applications.

BALLSS

what would be wrong with a "synthetic" fluid??