Dot 5 brake fluid...anyone using it.

[bremereric]

Don't want the paint on the car ever to have brake fluid burn the paint...dot 3 is like 350 degrees...dot 4 is like 450 degrees and dot 5 is like 500 degrees....anyone using it on street cruiser...? I am thinking of using it since I have almost all new brake lines....?

 

[bremereric]

Richard Erhenberg with Mopar Action says they are compatable...the three 11 oz bottles that I got for 9 bucks a piece said not to use in systems with dot 3 or dot 4 brake fluid...it did say it's boiling temp is 550 degrees and that it will not absorb water...?

 

[77RTNJ]

My understanding is they will work together, but it is best if it is all the Dot 5 so you are sure to keep the moisture out. I will probably do it to mine when I swap out the rear.

I got to get started on my car, too many other things getting in the way.

Kevin

 

[bremereric]

I used two and half 11 oz bottles...the front lines were completly new so I recycled some of it and poured it back into the master cylinder through a paint filter...the back lines were flushed out with DOT 5 and it was discarded.