Originally posted by Big Jim:
Add to that list Valvoline Synpower 502 dry boiling point and 343 wet boiling point.
I looked at the label on a new bottle of Valvoline in the store today. They have lowered the specs. The new bottle reads 486 dry and 330 wet. That is still better than Castrol LMA, but not what Valvoline Synpower used to be.
At work, we test the brake fluid of nearly every car that comes in. We use a test strip that turns color depending on the quantity of water in the fluid. From that I can tell that it takes longer in general terms for Valvoline and BG (the product we use in most of our brake flushes) to turn the test strip dark than it does for Ford fluid.
It is good to hear that there are better fluids. My main reluctance to ATE lies in the crappy original equipment pads and rotors they supply to many automakers as original equipment. It sort of puts them toward the bottom of the list to start with. But if it works, it works. I just may try it. In the meantime, Valvoline works for me.
Jim Johnson
98 SVT
03 Escape Limited
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