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girling brake fluid

Posted by Alan Lange on June 22, 2022, 8:28 pm
Alan Lange

A question for the more experienced (older) techs. I need to change the brake master cylinder on an old land rover that says on the reservoir "girling brake fluid only". My question is this, can I use dot 4? Girling only appears to be available on ebay in 40 year old tins! (none of my parts suppliers have ever heard of it).

Re: girling brake fluid

Posted by Peter Warman on June 23, 2022, 2:49 pm, in reply to "girling brake fluid"

Hi Alan

I remember Girling well, i used to buy the wheel cylinder repair kits :)

Think Girling brake fluid was probably the main brand back then so manufacturers would recommend it

The brake master cylinder will have modern materials for the seals compatible with DOT4, its probably had wheel cylinders / calipers down the years so they will probably be a more up to date seal material as well

Just fit and flush through with DOT 4. I tend to use brake fluid from TPS as its very clear, some of the factors fluid is dark before you start, boiling point is probably OK but does not look that good

I been a self employed garage owner since 1977 :)

Peter

Re: girling brake fluid

Posted by Alan Lange on July 2, 2022, 10:27 pm, in reply to "Re: girling brake fluid"
Alan Lange

Thanks Peter, that’s what I thought too. Just could hear a faint voice from the past of my father saying “you must never mix dot 3 (as it was back then) with girling”.

Re: girling brake fluid

Posted by Ian Baxter on July 26, 2022, 10:15 pm, in reply to "Re: girling brake fluid"
Ian Baxter

And to think Toyota/Lexus still only specify Dot 3.

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