Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #24092
From: Carl Murakami <murakamic001@hawaii.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Brake Fluid
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 19:12:15 -1000
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
I think you're right Bill.  It was some time ago.  I think It may have been DOT 3. 
Carl Murakami

WRJJRS@aol.com wrote:

Carl,
 I wonder if there was some other reason for the corrosion. I am not arguing that youhad corrosion, only the cause. I say this because I have been running motorcycles with aluminum calipers, (both standard and aftermarket), And never saw a recomendation to not use "automotive" brake fluid. For racing I ran a high temp DOT-4 fluid. worked better than the silicone based fluids NEVER had a hint of a problem. In fact brakes were one of the few items I never needed to mess with. I ran AP calipers (the cast versions) and an AP adjustable master cylinder. The reservior was plastic, but everything else was aluminum! perhaps the DOT-3 was the bad stuff?
Bill Jepson
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