[DML] Re: Master cylinder clutch leak fix!

["bitsyncmater" <david.mckeen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "rodney rael" <rodrael1@...> wrote:
>
> Hey all!.
> 
> I had a clutch master cylinder leak, (oil under driver's side floor 
mat) it
> would all leak out in about 1 week or thereabouts.   Anyway, I was 
thinking
> I was going to have to pull out the master cylinder and change and was
> dreading that, but I use Marvel Mystery oil for all sorts of things 
and
> thought I would use that instead, since it was in my trunk and I 
didn't have
> any extra brake fluid.    Not only did it work, but my leak stopped.
> Cylinder has stayed completely full!...   Clutch is working great!..

That's a cool discovery.  We don't really need the high temp capability 
of brake fluid for the clutch so why not use a fluid that won't absorb 
moisture.


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