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Old 07-01-2008, 09:56 PM
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why do people switch cars that are meant to have dot3 to dot 4?
i thought that was a big no no.
anyway, whats a badass dot 3 fluid i can get?
Old 07-02-2008, 08:52 AM
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just stick with Honda's factory stuff or Castrol GTLMA. Unless you auto-x then go with race fluid if you are boiling the fluid you have now. If you are step up to some Porsche fluid.
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ha, i remembered why that is... dot 4 has a higher boiling temp...
but ya, its dot 5 you cant mix w dot 3/4
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mrvrsick &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ha, i remembered why that is... dot 4 has a higher boiling temp...
but ya, its dot 5 you cant mix w dot 3/4</TD></TR></TABLE> Yup DOT 4 mixes, but as always check just incase some odd ball dot4 doesn't mix.


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