[DeTomaso] Approved Color for Brake Fluid

asajay at asajay.com asajay at asajay.com
Wed Jul 16 17:31:12 EDT 2008


And in my searching, if you do not have a local supplier of ATE Brake  
fluids. . . The most inexpensive place I have found (lowest shipping  
costs per volume), is Amazon dot com.

Check it out.
Asa Jay

Quoting asajay at asajay.com:

> Department of transportation web site.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/5dpan6
>
> A little way down the page, section S5.1.14, reproduced here:
>
> S5.1.14 Fluid color. Brake fluid and hydraulic system mineral oil
> shall be of the color indicated:
>
> DO3, DO4, and DO5.1 non–SBBF—colorless to amber.
> DO5 SBBF—purple.
> Hydraulic system mineral oil—green.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> So it would appear that ATE Super Blue is not DOT approved, though its
> sister product ATE Type 200 is.  Therefore the note on the Tire Rack's
> web site that it's not DOT approved in Florida, is true, but omits the
> rest of the story that it's not really DOT approved anywhere.
>
> Now then, the last time I was stopped by the Police to check my brake
> fluid, I was tol..... wait, I've never -been- stopped by the Police to
> check my brake fluid.
>
> Looks like another application of Renegade commandment number nine:
> legality is a matter of apprehension.
>
> Asa Jay
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