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SVTPerformance's Chain of Restaurants
The Greasy Spoon
Brake Fluids, What Brands Are easy For You To Find?
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<blockquote data-quote="46-062" data-source="post: 11797999" data-attributes="member: 136719"><p>When you flush it, it will turn from dirty blue to green to amber and you know when the old Super Blue is completely flushed. (Or dirty amber to green to clean blue.)</p><p></p><p>For future reference, NAPA carries Pentosin DOT 4. It's a German brand that's OEM fill for several manufacturers. It's got good specs and is cheaper than Ate and you can even get 5 liter jugs. When I found it on the NAPA website, I noticed the jug was different than the jug on the Pentosin website.</p><p></p><p>The NAPA dealer called the NAPA warehouse and confirmed the stock they had had the old label. The label Pentosin told be was at least 5 years old. I was not going to buy 5+ year old brake fluid in a plastic jug! (Continental-Teves confirmed the shelf life of a sealed METAL can of Ate is 5 years.)</p><p></p><p>Nobody at NAPA knew brake fluid has a shelf life. Not the dealer, the warehouse manager and even corporate! Made me feel all warm and fuzzy about NAPA. (Well, I did know they hired the Teutels as spokesmen before I walked through the door.) </p><p></p><p>The Pentosin distributor is a really nice guy, but he wasn't aware that brake fluid has a shelf life and Pentosin in Germany wouldn't tell him or me. The distributor did arrange to exchange the old fluid in the NAPA warehouse wuith fresh stock and I got a 5 liter jug.</p><p></p><p>NAPA doesn't sell much Pentosin brake fluid and I would only buy it a second time if I knew how old the stock was.</p><p></p><p>Back to Ate from OG Racing because Ate (Continental-Teves) confirms a 5 year shelf life and also confirms that OG buys a lot of it so I know it's fresh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="46-062, post: 11797999, member: 136719"] When you flush it, it will turn from dirty blue to green to amber and you know when the old Super Blue is completely flushed. (Or dirty amber to green to clean blue.) For future reference, NAPA carries Pentosin DOT 4. It's a German brand that's OEM fill for several manufacturers. It's got good specs and is cheaper than Ate and you can even get 5 liter jugs. When I found it on the NAPA website, I noticed the jug was different than the jug on the Pentosin website. The NAPA dealer called the NAPA warehouse and confirmed the stock they had had the old label. The label Pentosin told be was at least 5 years old. I was not going to buy 5+ year old brake fluid in a plastic jug! (Continental-Teves confirmed the shelf life of a sealed METAL can of Ate is 5 years.) Nobody at NAPA knew brake fluid has a shelf life. Not the dealer, the warehouse manager and even corporate! Made me feel all warm and fuzzy about NAPA. (Well, I did know they hired the Teutels as spokesmen before I walked through the door.) The Pentosin distributor is a really nice guy, but he wasn't aware that brake fluid has a shelf life and Pentosin in Germany wouldn't tell him or me. The distributor did arrange to exchange the old fluid in the NAPA warehouse wuith fresh stock and I got a 5 liter jug. NAPA doesn't sell much Pentosin brake fluid and I would only buy it a second time if I knew how old the stock was. Back to Ate from OG Racing because Ate (Continental-Teves) confirms a 5 year shelf life and also confirms that OG buys a lot of it so I know it's fresh. [/QUOTE]
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