Will Brake Fluid Soften Rubber

I know brake fluid is odd stuff eays paint soaks up water etc.

Will brake fluid soften rubber.

Want a see something cool put a piece of rubber like an o ring in power steering fluid and leave it over night and watch what happens some old school detailers use power steering fluid on hoses and rubber parts under the hood to make them look like new again. How to often rubber with brake fluid. Step 3 grip the rubber with a pair of salad or canning tongs and remove it from the water. Brake fluid restores rubber and makes it more pliable this is true.

Restoration in bolivia richard s mini pickup richard s corvair richard s renault dauphine selection of the right motor oil for the corvair selection of the right transmission oil for the corvair how to polish and restore stainless and aluminum trim. Good brake fluid will not soften expand rubber. How about silicone rubber for seals. This is using dextron mercron v not type f.

If you need to touch the rubber at this point put on a pair of oven mitts or leather work gloves to handle it. This piece connects a kawasaki carburetor to the airbox and one end was no longer flexible. So is it compatable with off the shelf o rings or are the rubber parts something special. Set the stew pot in the sink and submerge the rubber in the water to soften it.