<VV> silicone brake fluid

[JVHRoberts at aol.com]

Denatured alcohol is miscible with brake fluid, and, of course, it will  
evaporate, if you blow dry air through the system. Or you could use dry nitrogen  
(a consequence of having HVAC service equipment), or dry CO2, etc. 
I would guess DOT 3 and DOT 5 are miscible enough to use one to flush out  
the other. 
 
In a message dated 6/22/2007 7:59:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
corvairduval at cox.net writes:

My  results may be different than others, but I have only fully drained, 
not  flushed, a DOT 3 system before changing over to DOT 5. But I have 
always  done the changeover when rebuilding all the wheel cylinders and 
master  cylinder, using the DOT 5 as the lube for the hone.  Of course 
here  on the east coast we are usually replacing some of the steel lines 
at the  same time...

So what chemical would you put in a brake system to be  compatible with 
any brake fluid if it does not fully  evaporate?

Frank DuVal


 



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