What type of hose for brake fluid

It's a whole specialist area of industry. Remember, a little knowledge is dangerous! Most materials have strengths AND weaknesses. Google: "brake fluid" hose compatibility, but beware a lot of blatant commercial promotion and dumb shit is found there. Likewise Nylon, but it's less stretchy than PVC. Unless it's actually marked as "suitable for brake fluid" on the box don't trust what a kid in Repco, Supercheap or others may tell you, they aren't experts.

Originally posted by henrys View Post. I would be interested in finding some 6mm hose as well. My Ebay reservoir came with hose that perished very quickly, and I have fuel hose as a temporary solution. Being an Australian is not an excuse for being dumb and racist. I would've thought fuel line to be ok? Every one has a story Originally posted by Falcore View Post.

I work with hydraulics, underwater. Sounds good. So what does that mean for easy to find rubber hoses? In reply to Daeldalus : Mainly finding a supplier. Everyone seems to sell pre fabbed ones except places like Alibaba.

It's hard to find. Also when I need weird hydraulic stuff I always check discounthydraulicsupply. Jump To The latest Acura takes wraps off forthcoming Integra Do we like it or not? This '65 Mustang hides a modern secret underneath. Your Projects. A television series all about endurance racing? I was wondering, if something along the lines of a polyurethene or PVC type clear hose, or a sillicone rubber based hose would be ok to run with brake fluid, or would the type of material the hose is made out of and the brake fluid react with each other and cause degradation to the hose?

I don't think the hose ever gets under any great pressure as it's before the master cylinder and like I said just looks to be a gravity feed from the reservoir. Pothole 33, posts months. TheEnd 15, posts months. I know fluid can react with some plastics as I've seen the old bleeding take off hoses mutate after a while.

Some sort of offcut of a proper brake line?