[T3] Battery Install, Oil Change & Brake Fluid Reservoir

[Gary Forsmo]

Are *all* brands of 100% Silicone DOT 5 Brake Fluid the same quality &
compatible with each other?

The prices seem to be very different.

On Sat, May 11, 2024, 9:04 PM Gary Forsmo <gbforsmo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jim -
>
> Thanks for your comments.
>
> You can expect a phone call from me in the near future.   Re: Brakes.
>
> Now that the weather has warmed up, I hope we can find a mutual date/time
> to meet at your place.
>
> I will buy another can of DOT 5 Brake Fluid even though the Reservoir is
> full.  Just in case.
>
> On Sat, May 11, 2024, 4:40 PM Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
>
>> On 11 May 2024 at 13:54, Gary Forsmo wrote:
>>
>> > The Brake Pedal felt "soft" and had, what I felt was, too much travel to
>> > safely stop the car. A.)  Where did the Brake Fluid go? B.)  What other
>> > areas should be checked? C.)  Master Cylinder leak? D.)  A leak
>> somewhere
>> > that is hidden from view?
>>
>> It's normal for the fluid level to go down as the disk brake pads wear:
>> As the
>> pads wear, the pistons move in, so more fluid is "stored" behind the
>> pistons
>> and less remains in the reservoir.
>>
>> If fluid has actually leaked out, look for wetness on the inside faces of
>> the
>> rear backing plates, and on the floor under the brake pedal. A common
>> leak
>> place is from the mouth of the master cyl. You can reach in there and
>> just
>> barely get a finger to the low point on the underside of the boot that
>> covers
>> the mouth. If your finger comes away wet, there's your leak.
>>
>> A leak there usually just requires a quick hone of the front few mm of
>> the MC
>> bore, but this still requires draining the system and pulling the MC out.
>>
>> --
>> *******************************
>> Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
>> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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