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Aarongriffey · 06-25-2020, 06:56 PM

There are a lot of good reasons to use DOT 5.
The fact that it won’t eat through the paint is just one of them.
I did a brake job on a nearly new 144 Volvo after the owner had filled the master right up to the top.
Sometime as I went around compressing the calipers and installing new pads the brake fluid squirted out the vent hole onto the left front fender.
By the time I saw it the fluid had eaten through the paint right down to the primer.
A co$tly error.
DOT5 is not that costly.
People that have cars with a $600 water pump or. $7,000 fuel tank because the fuel pump is sealed in it or $1,000 tires don’t complain about the price of DOT5.

06-25-2020, 06:56 PM	#20
Aarongriffey Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2020 Location: Hayward,CA Posts: 513	Re: Silicone brake fluid There are a lot of good reasons to use DOT 5. The fact that it won’t eat through the paint is just one of them. I did a brake job on a nearly new 144 Volvo after the owner had filled the master right up to the top. Sometime as I went around compressing the calipers and installing new pads the brake fluid squirted out the vent hole onto the left front fender. By the time I saw it the fluid had eaten through the paint right down to the primer. A co$tly error. DOT5 is not that costly. People that have cars with a $600 water pump or. $7,000 fuel tank because the fuel pump is sealed in it or $1,000 tires don’t complain about the price of DOT5.