Brake Fluid
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The supposed problem with home flushes is that the fluid in the ABS unit doesn't get changed. Think in terms of draining and refilling your gas tank several times. You now have very fresh gas in the tank, but unless you started and ran the engine for awhile, you still have old, original fuel in the fuel lines and injectors. Same idea with the ABS unit. What you have done is better than nothing, but in no way assures freedom from future failure.
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I just received 2 quarts of BG Dot 4 brake fluid and was wondering if this would be OK to use in my trike ? The only differance i see is the BG stuff has a lower boiling point of about 30 degrees.
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DOT 4 is DOT 4. The DOT does not recognize any other DOT 4, its just DOT 4, any words put in before or after DOT 4 is simply marketing.
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That's because all the DOT cares about is that their minimum standard be met. It does not mean there's nothing better out there. There is.
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The supposed problem with home flushes is that the fluid in the ABS unit doesn't get changed. Think in terms of draining and refilling your gas tank several times. You now have very fresh gas in the tank, but unless you started and ran the engine for awhile, you still have old, original fuel in the fuel lines and injectors. Same idea with the ABS unit. What you have done is better than nothing, but in no way assures freedom from future failure.
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From: St.Louis Mo.
Well there is some differance in the specs. between different fluids. They all meet min. Dot 4 standards but some have higher boiling points than others, HD's platinum happens to be one of them. That's what's going into my clutch.
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The supposed problem with home flushes is that the fluid in the ABS unit doesn't get changed. Think in terms of draining and refilling your gas tank several times. You now have very fresh gas in the tank, but unless you started and ran the engine for awhile, you still have old, original fuel in the fuel lines and injectors. Same idea with the ABS unit. What you have done is better than nothing, but in no way assures freedom from future failure.
I bought a small inexpensive vacuum pump and it's easy to do. Just don't draw any air into the system.