['04Excursion6.0]

I'm planning to do brake fluid change. What fluids are you guys using?

2004 Excursion 6.0 4x4 Limited

 

[Term3]

DOT 3 fluid. DOT 4 is silicon based and I don't like it for street vehicles since it has a high affinity for air. So buy any decent brand of glycol based brake fluid, I refer to stay with what Ford supplies.

 

[Zmann]

don't forget to do the power steering flush if u haven't already also

 

[NGHTRGR]

I used Valvoline

 

[jason812]

DOT 3 fluid. DOT 4 is silicon based and I don't like it for street vehicles since it has a high affinity for air. So buy any decent brand of glycol based brake fluid, I refer to stay with what Ford supplies.

I think it is Dot 5 that is silicon based.

When I did the brakes on the Excursion, I used Castrol. Pretty high boiling points.

http://www.castrol.com/liveassets/bp_internet/castrol/castrol_usa/STAGING/local_assets/downloads/p,q/pds_GTLMABrakeFluid.pdf

 

[Term3]

Yup your correct, been long time since I bought brake fluid. Just add one to my numbers.

 

[DRAY]

I flush my brake fluid every couple of years, DOT 3 & 4 fluids absorb moisture from the atmoshere which leads to corrosion of the system. Corrosion products chew elastomers. With 260K on my Y2K PSDX, I have never touched my master cylinder or calipers. I have never had to change a master cylinder on any of my vehicles since 1985 when I started flushing the systems regularly. Stock elastomers are not compatible with DOT 5. If you use DOT 5, you have to change out all of the elastomers in the system.

 

[TARM]

ATE Super Blue

AP Race PRF600

Motul 5.1 (this is not silicone dot5) good for abs

Motul RBF 600

Castrol SRF the best of the best and also most $$$


You should flush your brake system at a min of every 2 years 1 year for heavy use in wet humid areas. Bleed the caliper portion of all brakes anytime you have brake fade as that equals boiled fluid @ the caliper.

Flush your PW steering every year and ideally add a inline filter to it.