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schrauberuwe · 02-29-2008, 04:35 AM

Hello , i´m looking for silikone brake fluid for my land rover . in germany i can not found this . can everywhere tell me a website or a adress from a dealer where i can buy this to ship to germany ?
thanks schrauberuwe

jimfoo · 02-29-2008, 08:35 AM

Just do a search for silicone brake fluid. There are lots of places that sell it.

pickuprover · 02-29-2008, 12:40 PM

Ummm... I seem to remember there being an issue with using silicone brake fluid with the old master cylinders. Something about the silicone breaking down the old rubber. Might want to look into that a little further before you go through all the effort of finding it (this of course would be null and void if you have up graded the whole system to allow for the newer fluids...)

Smokey Mountain Man · 02-29-2008, 08:35 PM

The only thing that should go into rover brake and clutch lines is CASTROL brake fluid. ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTIONS!!!!!!

jimfoo · 03-01-2008, 07:54 AM

You can run silicone fluid just fine. BUT, you have to replace all seals and hoses and flush the steel lines out with alcohol. I know of several Series trucks running it, and they all love it. The problem comes from rubber being used with one fluid which is then immersed in another. That causes the rubber to do funny things. Similar to an old diesel suddenly running on ULSD causing it to start leaking. Take a new version of that pump with the same seals, and it would do just fine on ULSD.

schrauberuwe · 03-01-2008, 08:07 AM

Hello, i take all cylinders and all brake pipes new, i think its not a problem with silikone brake fluid
schrauberuwe

02-29-2008, 04:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
schrauberuwe Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: saxonia ,germany Posts: 4 Gallery: 2	big problem ! Hello , i´m looking for silikone brake fluid for my land rover . in germany i can not found this . can everywhere tell me a website or a adress from a dealer where i can buy this to ship to germany ? thanks schrauberuwe

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jimfoo jimfoo Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 412 Gallery: 9	Just do a search for silicone brake fluid. There are lots of places that sell it. __________________ Jim Hall “That man has no respect for his Rover and beats the hell out of it every opportunity he gets, taking the most difficult line over each and every obstacle.” Michael 1966 88" 1.9l VW TDI, GT1749V, IC

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pickuprover Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,351 Gallery: 0	Ummm... I seem to remember there being an issue with using silicone brake fluid with the old master cylinders. Something about the silicone breaking down the old rubber. Might want to look into that a little further before you go through all the effort of finding it (this of course would be null and void if you have up graded the whole system to allow for the newer fluids...) __________________ Andrew Barr. 1972 Series III 109. "the Tin Turtle" "However, that was his ploy and I caved....totally caved... LOL!" Jellijo

03-01-2008, 07:54 AM	#5 (permalink)
jimfoo jimfoo Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 412 Gallery: 9	You can run silicone fluid just fine. BUT, you have to replace all seals and hoses and flush the steel lines out with alcohol. I know of several Series trucks running it, and they all love it. The problem comes from rubber being used with one fluid which is then immersed in another. That causes the rubber to do funny things. Similar to an old diesel suddenly running on ULSD causing it to start leaking. Take a new version of that pump with the same seals, and it would do just fine on ULSD. __________________ Jim Hall “That man has no respect for his Rover and beats the hell out of it every opportunity he gets, taking the most difficult line over each and every obstacle.” Michael 1966 88" 1.9l VW TDI, GT1749V, IC

03-01-2008, 08:07 AM	#6 (permalink)
schrauberuwe Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: saxonia ,germany Posts: 4 Gallery: 2	silikone brake fluid Hello, i take all cylinders and all brake pipes new, i think its not a problem with silikone brake fluid schrauberuwe

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Smokey Mountain Man Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 28 Gallery: 0	The only thing that should go into rover brake and clutch lines is CASTROL brake fluid. ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTIONS!!!!!!

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