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Thread: Will ATF in the brake reservoir kill the master cylinder?

  1. 03-22-2004, 04:55 PM #1
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    Default Will ATF in the brake reservoir kill the master cylinder?

    I have a dead master cylinder on an M5, and it seems that ATF had been mixed with the brake fluid...
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  2. 03-22-2004, 05:16 PM #2
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    my son put power steering fluid in brake fluid res. once and it it kilt it dead! eats the seals.
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