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Old 04-27-2011, 08:40 AM
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Default Anyone use this for their clutch fluid?

Anyone ever use this in your clutch system?
http://www.tickperformance.com/produ...-1-liter-.html

Or this? Seems one of these brake fluids would hold up to heat better.
http://www.amazon.com/Motul-RBF600-S...=pd_sbs_auto_4
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I've used the Ate Super Blue, and I've even used Castrol SRF...both suffer from the same issue, and it isn't the fluid's fault - the seals in the slave fail to keep out clutch dust, which is what turns the fluid black and can cause high RPM shifting issues. I don't really use expensive fluid anymore, because it is more important that you keep the fluid in there fresh rather than fill it with the most expensive stuff known to man.
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I went through the same thing trying different fluids like the ATE when I worked at a performance shop but if your suffering from issues of boiling temperature of the fluid it probably means you need to change out your fluid more. the prestone synthetic dot 4 is only a few degrees away from those expensive ones you listed. BUT if you dont change your fluid soon enough the boiling point drops drastically.

the most important thing is to pop a fresh bottle whenever you change your fluid. thats why those little prestone bottles are great and i dont think think that ATE one comes in little bottles

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I run the motul and like it



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