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08-20-2013, 01:02 AM | #1 |
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Super Blue brake fluid deemed illegal
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But seriously US? They banned it...because it's blue. Took 15 years to realize that Super BLUE fluid is in fact, BLUE. :facepalm: Link from Jalopnik
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08-20-2013, 01:28 AM | #2 |
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grab them while your can on ebay. Amazon and Tirerack has alrady pulled theres. I saw this 3 days ago and order a few liters and they shipped. price hasnt been hiked up yet either
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08-20-2013, 08:22 AM | #3 |
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I don't understand. What difference does the color make? I noticed the GReddy 0W60 oil I put in my car last week is also blue in color. I wonder if it will also be banned? The nanny state we are in is making me sick...
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08-20-2013, 09:16 AM | #4 |
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ECS has replaced super blue with this
http://www.ecstuning.com/ES1899347/ Seems to have very similar specs and price. Any thoughts?
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Type200 is the same specs as the SuperBlue, except for the color. People like to alternate between the two to make flushing easier.
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08-20-2013, 05:01 PM | #9 |
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The letter says that the law was put in place so that people could know what colors go in what reservoir. However, they use several different colors for coolant. Power steering fluid could be red (AT fluid) or I've seen it brown or green as well. Very little logic behind this law. Sounds like the law was made by someone that doesn't know $hit about cars.
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08-20-2013, 08:08 PM | #12 |
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I just did some webearching on the topic of shelf life of unopened brake fluid stored in a metal container. Informed industry suppliers to chemists to shade tree mechanics say "forever" to "3 years". My fluid change in the Fall will be to amber and then every two years will get me out 6 years if I buy one can of blue. Don't know if it's worth it to buy a second can of blue and use that 6 years out.
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08-20-2013, 09:39 PM | #13 |
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This is starting to remind me of "sponge-worthy".
Hmmm, is my car still blue-worthy, or should I save it for my next car??
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08-21-2013, 12:49 PM | #14 |
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Apparently this is true because all of the online sources that I would normally buy this from have pulled it. What I wonder is what triggered the government to do something like this on a product that has been on the market for 15 years. I wonder whether someone that was a competitor of this product decided to "blow the whistle" in the hopes that people might throw business their way. Hmmmmm?
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It is blue, simple as that...that is why it is illegal now. TYP 200 is the SAME PRODUCT, so blowing the whistle would remove that if something was wrong |
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08-21-2013, 01:50 PM | #16 |
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^^^Yeah I did some searching around (after I posted this thread) and it's already been stated that the TYP 200 is the same. I just liked it BECAUSE it was blue.
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Bought 2 liters of blue and 2 of yellow. Enough to last me a couple years |
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08-21-2013, 02:25 PM | #18 |
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Oh No.
It just dawned on me that I have purple oil in my trans. Is this allowed? Is there a dot_gov site where we can see all the color rules? Wait, if I go there the NSA will track my activity and send a DOT inspector to my house. We're all doomed. And we can't even drown our sorrows with a Big Gulp.
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Nope! Everything pink from here on out......
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What if ATE sold a dye to add to the fluid. The fluid itself wouldn't be sold dyed so that could possibly get around the law. I can imagine some stupid tuners trying to add blue food coloring to their brake fluid now though.
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