Kent, could you summarize what you meant to get across with your article?
That water absorbtion isn't the culprit, but rather copper ions? That we
should buy those test strips? Isn't our fluid (DOT4) supposed to be
non-hygroscopic anyway?
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Kent Christensen <lkchris@...>wrote:
> re: The fluid slowly accumulates water, which will do bad things to
> brake components. (Shawn)
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> Some learning for you, then. See ...
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> http://www.babcox.com/editorial/bf/bf50412.htm
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