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Old 07-28-2018, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by ront49 View Post
OK, I just tried the "mix" and the results are in ... Car has about 3500 miles built in '04 so I'm taking a chance on saying it has the original brake fluid. It is clear. I added a few drops of it to some water and it mixed ... made the water cloudy but did not separate like oil would ... so I'm fairly confident the car had Dot 3 or 4 in it already.
Final test would be find a sacrificial object with paint and apply some of the brakefluid. If it eats the paint offit is dot 3 or 4 if no reaction then it is silicone.
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