A friend has today started to change the brake hoses on a neighbour's Mercedes 500SL. Having drained down the braking system he tells me "It's blue - and I've never seen blue brake fluid before". Do these cars need something 'special'? Can anyone here tell us what might be suitable, please? I mentioned this to someone locally, who suggested that antifreeze had been put in by mistake. But I dunno...
Any replies welcomed. TIA
ATE super blue, it's not that super :-)
Many thanks. So I take it you'd be happy to use the 'standard' brake fluid you use on all your other jobs on this car?
no doubt the owner's manual will have the spec. for the brake fluid, I would get some of that.
I'd be a little wary of sticking normal DOT4.1(?) in there, after it has been run on something different - you just don't know how they'll react with each other.
Mind you, the website suggests that it's fine. I just don't like the idea myself.
The ATE is very similar (or almost identical apart from the colour) to their normal brake fluid. Although if you'reworried about the price of brake fluid then you really want to get rid of the SL ASAP.
All brake fluid is meant to be reverse compatible. In other words any fluid matching or exceeding the spec of the original should mix ok.
It's DOT 4.
At £19.99/litre !!!!!
Steve
dot 4 is the spec. it does not have to be bought from an MB dealer
Utter poppycock. I've been ''playing'' with brakes for over 30 years and haven't come across blue fluid. The only stupid question is the one that's not asked.
Julian.
It's not exactly common, it's a very high temperature rated DOT4
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