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Old 11-20-2005, 12:57 PM
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Default what brake fluid do you guys use in your hydrolics?

im just wondering what everyone uses becasue i went to the tack yesterday and car was launchin sick but i could not get into second because the clutch fluid is all black and burnt

what fluid do you guys use in high performance aps that wond mess up the seals or anything

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Motul 600.
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Valvoline synthetic DOT4
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Motul 600.
Yup. This or GS610, Neo 610 or if you are crazy (and real rich) Castrol SRF!!
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is the Motul 600 like a regular dot 4 fluid or is it something completly different

can it be mixed with other stuff?

do i ahve to start off with a completly dry system first?

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Originally Posted by Samba242
Valvoline synthetic DOT4
I use the same, fluid is pretty good I think even rated better than dot4 if I remember right? Only problem for me is the parts around the hydraulics keep failing
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i actually just bleed my system and used Valvoline synthetic DOT4 because i had an unopened big bottle in my garadge and i needed to get that black **** out of my master and lines

everything is clear now for the most part and i also mityvaced it but got very little air out car is shiftin good now but the test is the strip

i will put a new slave in next time i do a clutch
then i will put some motal in probably
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I use the valvoline synthetic also, flush it regularly w/ the color starts to darken. Work great for me.




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