01-24-2010, 08:36 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ericr
One of the articles (can't remember which now) said DOT 5 was designed to work with ABS systems that require a thinner viscosity fluid to perform properly or to their maximum potential. I may have read that on wikipedia, can't remember. ABS systems rapidly increase and decrease the brake pressure when they are "working" so a lower viscosity fluid will react or flow faster each way to keep up with the system fluctuations. There is no other reason to use it, especially in a normal system that will lose brake pressure by using it.
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That is DOT5.1 not DOT5. 
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