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Originally Posted by Swindler I was gonna buy the valvoline dot 3-4 synthetic but they didn't have enough at NAPA but the guy told me that if the car doesn't

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Old 07-01-2017, 07:43 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I was gonna buy the valvoline dot 3-4 synthetic but they didn't have enough at NAPA but the guy told me that if the car doesn't require synthetic then it could be bad for the seals and brakes might go out blah blah blah. But I don't know of anywhere where it would say it is in fact ok to use synthetic I just know I read dot 3. It's cool to use synthetic in our cars though right?


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What ever you do DO NOT mix silicone brake fluid with any other brake fluid. You'll be making jelly.


Is the oem fluid silicone?


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Thank GOD no. You should use a good DOT4 fluid.
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