Clutch Fluid Question
07-08-2005, 12:32 PM
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Clutch Fluid Question Okay, so I picked up a bottle of Valvoline SynPower synthetic last night. I am planning to bleed my clutch and see if it clears up my hydraulic problem. I went to top off the fluid after it started messing up a couple weeks ago, and noticed the fluid is a pretty dark shade of grey; it needs changed.
My question is should I try to get another brand of clutch fluid to put in, or should I dump the Valvoline in and see what happens? I looked for Willwood fluid yesterday but couldn't find any, and the Valvoline was the stuff with the highest boiling point they had. I ran into a few posts where a couple people didn't speak too highly of the Valvoline, but that was back in 2002...
Does anyone have some advice on what fluid to run, preferably something that I can get at Autozone or O'Reilly's or somewhere like that? Thanks.
My question is should I try to get another brand of clutch fluid to put in, or should I dump the Valvoline in and see what happens? I looked for Willwood fluid yesterday but couldn't find any, and the Valvoline was the stuff with the highest boiling point they had. I ran into a few posts where a couple people didn't speak too highly of the Valvoline, but that was back in 2002...
Does anyone have some advice on what fluid to run, preferably something that I can get at Autozone or O'Reilly's or somewhere like that? Thanks.
07-08-2005, 12:46 PM
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I have to warn you, though I don't have experience myself, from searching on here I generally see people saying NOT to use Valvoline Synpower. People have been having problems with it eating at the seals in the master. Most reccomened not to use DOT 5 either. Say a 3 or 4 mineral based, and non-synthetic is preferred. I'm gravity bleeding mine as we speak right now with just some regular old DOT 3. We'll see how it works when I finish up my clutch install.