corsasriboy
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Registered: 23rd Mar 07
Location: leicestershire
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need to change my brake fluid and just spent £20 on pads  so want to keep it cheap if possible. is halfords bikehut brake fluid any good? whats the difference between the mineral oil brake fluid and the dot 5.1 fluid? its for my magura julie disc brakes. hopefully going out riding tomorow evening so havnt got time to wait for mail order stuff to arrive. thanks 
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jacko198
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Registered: 1st Mar 07
Location: Buckinghamshire
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Abit late, but i would definatly say do for the dot 5.1, will feel alot nice!
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Rob E
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Registered: 1st Jan 06
Location: Madeley, Stafford....I want to live back in Wales!
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Im sure Magura is a mineral fluid only brake iirc. I know my old HS33s were mineral only. It should say on the resivouir cap though what to use 
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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Only go with what the manufacturer recommends.
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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magura is mineral
halfords lmf fluid (for citeorns) will do the job and is cheap
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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chrex
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Registered: 26th Aug 07
Location: Brawdy/Wirral
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the 5.1 is synthetic, and if you are hammering your brakes, it doesnt lose compression capability and so fade.
works the same way as your car. you will have to completely drain the system though to put that in as mineral will be in there from new.
[Edited on 04-08-2009 by chrex]
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Magura's are mineral only though. I always used car stuff in my Hope's, but they were DOT 4...
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