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Old 11-10-2002, 02:35 PM
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One thing I should mention about the Castrol fluid. Since it is basically designed for race cars, certain consideration to the longevity of the caliper piston seals was never a concern. Mallet Corvette used to recommend and use this fluid till they noticed a alarming failure rate of the piston seals. Mallet of course contacted Castrol and the response from Castrol was that since it is a racing fluid, they expect most race teams to recondition their calipers every other race or so, so the longevity of the seals was never important.

To sum it up, Mallet no longer recommends or uses the Castrol on street vehicles.

I use Motul 600 myself, its second only to the Castrol.
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