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Old 05-29-2015, 03:26 PM
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DOT 3 or 4. Either one. NO synthetics!!!
Confused by the no synthetics part. A very common DOT 4 fluid is Castrol, which is and always has been synthetic. They only added the word synthetic to the label fairly recently.

Castrol Brake Fluid Dot 4 - Motorcycle Superstore

Is this fluid not acceptable?

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Old 05-30-2015, 08:10 AM
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Sorry for the confusion. I'll correct my post.

ALL brake fluid is "synthetic".

What I should have said was, don't mix SILICONE based fluid with standard.

That's the "blue" stuff.

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Thanks for clarifying. I bought a case of that Castrol, but was worried it wasn't the right stuff.
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What about mixing different brands? Or dot 3 and 4? I'm always paranoid and drain it all, but I really don't know.
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Mixing brands is fine. Mixing DOT 3 and 4 is fine. I prefer not to but it happens.

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