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Posted by: Stieve Jul 17 2006, 03:41 PM

I am sure the fluid it DOT3, can I flush out the fluid and put in Silicone or synthetic?

Posted by: lapuwali Jul 17 2006, 03:49 PM

I've never heard of "synthetic" brake fluid. Silicone, you don't really want to. Do a search on DOT5 for some other recent discussions on this.

Posted by: turboman808 Jul 17 2006, 04:20 PM

I just throw ATE blue or gold in everything. Seems to work

Posted by: TimT Jul 17 2006, 04:32 PM

Valvoline synpower fluid, its specs are as good or better than Ate blue/gold, costs much less, and is easy to get. On the other extreme we use Castrol SRF in the racecars


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Posted by: pfierb Jul 17 2006, 06:16 PM

Good stuff that ATE blue or gold high boil point and because of the color you can tell when all the old fluid is gone when you flush the system.

Posted by: Travis Neff Jul 17 2006, 06:20 PM

I'm with TimT on the Valvoline brand. You can get that almost anywhere off the shelf, priced right too.

Posted by: Stieve Jul 17 2006, 08:19 PM

Thanks, so what are the prices?

Posted by: pfierb Jul 18 2006, 04:41 AM

ATE super blue runs about $13-$14 per one liter can.

Posted by: Stieve Jul 18 2006, 10:06 AM

How much do I need?

Posted by: pfierb Jul 18 2006, 02:47 PM

One can of ATE blue or gold is more than enough

Posted by: Stieve Jul 18 2006, 03:17 PM

Now I just need to find it

Posted by: Travis Neff Jul 18 2006, 03:22 PM

The valvoline runs about 8 bucks or so per 1 liter can. If you are doing a full flush, might as well get 2 liters