I ran out of the Motul brake fluid stuff a few months back, and the nearest supplier is about 2 hours away from me. So I substituted Ford brake fluid when I bled the brakes. A while back some auto-x guys recommended Ford brake fluid to me as being pretty decent. I remember reading some posts on here about Valvoline brake fluid being very good, but I found the Ford brake fluid had a higher dry boiling point than the Valvoline stuff from what I could see. So I went with the Ford fluid for the heck of it. I don't know the wet boiling temp of the Ford fluid (not listed for some reason), but dry is 550 F degrees DOT 3, not too shabby from what I could tell, and pretty affordable stuff. Anyone else ever run the Ford fluid or recommend it ?. I haven't felt any difference good or bad, it feels alright though through various braking situations.


Joey


[Modified by JSIR, 1:56 PM 4/27/2002]

 

Here are the dry and wet boiling points for many of the most popular brake fluids:

ARRANGED BY DRY BOILING POINT:

DRY:401F -- WET:284F --- DOT3 MINIMUM
DRY:446F -- WET:311F --- DOT4 MINIMUM
DRY:500F -- WET:356F --- DOT5 MINIMUM
DRY:502F -- WET:343F --- VALVOLINE SYNPOWER
DRY:509F -- WET:365F --- MOTUL 5.1
DRY:527F -- WET:302F --- AP RACING 551
DRY:536F -- WET:392F --- ATE SUPERBLUE/TYP200
DRY:590F -- WET:410F --- AP RACING 600
DRY:590F -- WET:518F --- CASTROL SRF
DRY:593F -- WET:420F --- MOTUL RBF600
DRY:610F -- WET:421F --- NEO-SYNTHETIC SUPER DOT 610


ARRANGED BY WET BOILING POINT:

DRY:401F -- WET:284F --- DOT3 MINIMUM
DRY:527F -- WET:302F --- AP RACING 551
DRY:446F -- WET:311F --- DOT4 MINIMUM
DRY:502F -- WET:343F --- VALVOLINE SYNPOWER
DRY:500F -- WET:356F --- DOT5 MINIMUM
DRY:509F -- WET:365F --- MOTUL 5.1
DRY:536F -- WET:392F --- ATE SUPERBLUE/TYP200
DRY:590F -- WET:410F --- AP RACING 600
DRY:593F -- WET:420F --- MOTUL RBF600
DRY:610F -- WET:421F --- NEO-SYNTHETIC SUPER DOT 610
DRY:590F -- WET:518F --- CASTROL SRF

 

Joey, I have used it in the past, it is the exact same stuff as the Z-speed fluid. i now use ATE Superblue and have not had any problems, but everyone has there favorite.

Mattj

 

that's interesting Matt, I guess it must be fairly decent stuff to carry that kind of a boiling point, but there seems to be some other fluids a fair bit higher than that on the list. definitely worth trying.

Joey

 

Ford Heavy Duty brake fluid has not failed me yet.