I used to use a brake bleeder on my car which was made of aluminum.  I
also have a Mighty Vac hand pump that I also used to bleed brakes.  Both
of them corroded to the point that I had to throw them away.  Lesson
learned......don't let aluminum get in contact with standard automotive
brake fluid.

Carl Murakami ( from Hawaii....almost down under )

Ernest Christley wrote:

> I now have new information, though.  Buna-n is the standard in
> automotive applications, so any standard automotive fluid should
> work.  I'll still ask someone more knowledgable than me before I
> diverge from the 'standard', though.  Standards are a crutch for the
> ignorant.
>

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