brake fluid

M6TTF
M6TTF Posts: 602
edited December 2009 in MTB workshop & tech
need to bleed my brakes - wasjust going to bob into halfords for some fluid.

500mls of DOT5.1 in the car section £5.99

250mls of DOT5.1 in the bike section £4.99

is it exactly the same only with 'Bike tax' added on????

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    same stuff.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Yep
    MTB/CX

    "As I said last time, it won't happen again."
  • M6TTF
    M6TTF Posts: 602
    thought as much - cheeky feckers- mind you I may end up buying the bike stuff anyhow as half of it only ends up sitting on my shelf for a year and then going down the tip for recycling!
  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    M6TTF wrote:
    thought as much - cheeky feckers- mind you I may end up buying the bike stuff anyhow as half of it only ends up sitting on my shelf for a year and then going down the tip for recycling!

    Bingo... Small bottles can be just as good. (though having said that, you can safely store dot brake fluid- just seal it up well and keep it somewhere dry and it'll generally be fine, the warning labels are there for a reason but that doesn't mean you can't bend the rules a little.
    Uncompromising extremist
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    M6TTF wrote:
    thought as much - cheeky feckers- mind you I may end up buying the bike stuff anyhow as half of it only ends up sitting on my shelf for a year and then going down the tip for recycling!

    more likely just cause it is a smaller bottle. bet the same size bottle is the same price in the car section.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown

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