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Ray_Jnr
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1987 Land Rover 90 TD
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 Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 2:50 pm Post subject: is dot 4 fully synthetic the right stuff?
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for a 1988 land rover 110's clutch fluid?
when i changed the fluid on my 90 several months ago i used it and all seems fine, but had a mate ask me in the pub if it was ok and i honestly dont know the answer. 
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CarpeDiem
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| Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:12 pm Post subject:
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it will say which dot on the filler cap
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Cagey
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| Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:59 am Post subject:
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Normally DOT3 is sufficient, higher number the better
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Kitesurf
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Joined: 28 Feb 2005
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Location: Luton, Beds
1994 Toyota Surf
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| Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 8:41 am Post subject:
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I was going to ask the same question. Bought 1L of DOT4 and when I looked at the reservoir it said use DOT3 only. This is on a Suzuki SJ413. The motot factors only stock DOT4, so would I be safe in assuming that DOT3 is OK?
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excossack
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| Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 8:50 am Post subject:
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Is it DOT4 and DOT 5 you cant mix but you can mix DOT 4 and 5.1 ?
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Kitesurf
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1994 Toyota Surf
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| Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 8:59 am Post subject:
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I am going to completely purge the brake system. I just don't want to turn all the new rubber seals into sticky goo!
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Drift
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| Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:20 am Post subject:
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| DOT5 is no good it will disintegrate your seals rather quickly, its for new generation cars, DOT4 will do the job.
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Ray_Jnr
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1987 Land Rover 90 TD
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:45 pm Post subject:
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heres one.. 
im too tight to buy a new clutch master cylinder, mine was leaking back up inside the resivour if you didnt stamp on the pedal so it just b=needed a new seal, £4 on ebay and the new kit arrived. anyway rebuilt the cylinder in 20min, all back togeather.
ran out of dot 4 topping back up and all i had was atf dextron II so thought what the heck and poured it in, system bled and works great.
will i have any problems with this in the future? 
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Terranosaurus
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Location: Bishop Auckland County Durham
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| Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:33 pm Post subject:
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| excossack wrote: | | Is it DOT4 and DOT 5 you cant mix but you can mix DOT 4 and 5.1 ? |
DOT 3, Dot 4 and DOT 5.1 can be mixed, though obviously you're better off using it neat.
DOT 5 must not be mixed with anything else and shouldn't be used in systems not originally specced with it.
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