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Sep 14, 2004 | 10:37 PM

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From: rosemount,mn/windsor locks,ct

brake flush

i am going to be flushing my brakes and installing new front pads and i was wondering what type of fluid i should use? dot3 or dot 4? and should i use a gm oem fluid and if so what is the part#

Sep 14, 2004 | 10:47 PM

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You can use either a Dot3 or Dot4. I would try to find some ATE Super Blue. It has very good qualities and only about $10 a liter.

Sep 14, 2004 | 11:11 PM

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Where do you find that? I looked for some of it last time I flushed my brakes but couldn't find any... Do any of the national chains carry it?

Sep 15, 2004 | 02:24 PM

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Not sure what chains would carry it. I got mine from ogracing.com

Sep 15, 2004 | 07:13 PM

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You can use either a Dot3 or Dot4. I would try to find some ATE Super Blue. It has very good qualities and only about $10 a liter.

whats so great about ATE super blue?

Sep 16, 2004 | 02:43 PM

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whats so great about ATE super blue?

Dry boiling point of over 500 degrees (532 sticks in my head, not sure why), wet boiling point of nearly 400 degrees (that is the important number in a street car, 382 sticks in my head, again, not sure that is correct). And, it's cheap. $10 a liter for excellent brake fluid. Also, you can get the ATE Type 200 which is gold in color, then when you bleed fresh fluid through the car, it changes color so you know you have fresh fluid (I've got several liters of each at home). There are better fluids (Castrol SRF comes to mind at $70-ish a liter), but this is much better than most (except Castrol and maybe a couple others) and it is inexpensive. I've run it for years.