{"id":2883,"date":"2016-10-12T12:23:08","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T12:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blending.globecore.com\/?p=2883"},"modified":"2016-10-12T12:23:19","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T12:23:19","slug":"whats-point-brake-fluid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blending.globecore.com\/whats-point-brake-fluid","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the Point of Brake Fluid?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The quality of brake fluid affects the reliability of the braking system and road safety. \u00a0This substance transmits energy from master brake cylinder to wheel cylinder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Vehicle braking is characterized by friction forces between the brake rotor and brake pads. \u00a0This releases a certain amount of heat which is transmitted to brake fluid through service elements of the brake system. \u00a0Therefore, boiling point and viscosity are very important parameters of this substance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Besides, it must meet a number of other requirements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Minimal impact on the rubber parts of the brake system.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Good corrosion resistance.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Good lubricating properties.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Stable operating properties at low and high temperatures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>The composition of brake fluids<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Mineral brake fluid is composed of alcohol and castor oil. \u00a0They do not meet current standards regarding boiling point and viscosity index.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The composition of glycol brake fluids include polyglycols and their esters. \u00a0These fluids have a high boiling point and good viscosity. \u00a0At the same time, they possess a significant disadvantage, because they can absorb moisture from the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Silicone brake fluids are produced from silicon-organic polymers. \u00a0Their positive properties include: a wide range of operating temperatures, low hygroscopicity and inertness to various materials. \u00a0Their main drawback is low lubricity.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Mixing of brake fluids<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">You can still find two alternative views as to whether it is possible to mix brake fluid or not. \u00a0The answer is both yes and no. \u00a0The point is that mixing is allowed only when both liquids have the same basis. \u00a0Such information can usually be found on product label. \u00a0If for any reason there is no label, it is better not to take the risk. \u00a0Before mixing it is also necessary to evaluate the operating temperature of the fluid.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It is also worth mentioning that silicone brake fluid cannot be combined with fluids with a different basis, as well as mineral fluid cannot be mixed with glycol-based fluid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The quality of brake fluid affects the reliability of the braking system and road safety. \u00a0This substance transmits energy from master brake cylinder to wheel cylinder. Vehicle braking is characterized by friction forces between the brake rotor and brake pads. \u00a0This releases a certain amount of heat which is transmitted to brake fluid through service<a class=\"cg-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blending.globecore.com\/whats-point-brake-fluid\" target=\"_blank\">Read More <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"acf":[],"language":"en","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blending.globecore.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blending.globecore.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blending.globecore.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blending.globecore.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blending.globecore.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blending.globecore.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blending.globecore.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blending.globecore.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blending.globecore.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}