Brake fluid type

[Pagey]

Hey fowks,

I've got issues with my rear calipers and their braking efficiency. It got noted at last years MOT that the offised one was much worse than the nearside one but it was passable. This years MOT gave a slightly worse reading and barely passable, especially on the handbrake.

I'd searched this forum and found the calipers I needed had "Bendix" and "348896" embossed on the casting.
Having found somewhere to get replacement calipers, I received an answer to my email enquiry stating that these Bendix calipers "take LHM fluid and the clio is on normal Brake fluid ".

Anyone heard of this before?
All i wanted was to swap calipers over. Surely if Renault used them with normal brake fluid then they work with just normal brake fluid and not Citroens' Mineral Oil fluid?

Any thoughts would be great, I'm stumped! :s

 

[Jamesv6]

I can't find a single mention of LHM

DOT 4 or 5.1 is OEM

 

[rustedandrotten]

DOT 4 :approve:

 

[® Andy]

LHM is the fluid typically used in the hydropneumatic suspension on old Citroens! Definitely not used in Clio brake systems!

 

[Pagey]

That's what i was thinking.

Maybe they're just going on the the premise that the calipers were the same used as those on the citroen XM and so would need the same fluid.

Thanks for the input fowks, will get them ordered up an swapped over

 

[rustedandrotten]

Just make sure that there is no contamination, clean with meths and then assemble with new seals,shouldn't be any problems. :approve: