In the early 1900's Castrol was a lubricant made by Wakefield Oil from
Castor Oil the name Castrol was a contraction of that. I assume the
company changed the name to Castrol because the product was successful.
It is no longer made from Castor Oil. When I was using normal brake
fluid. I tried to use Castrol LMA (low moisture activity) when I could
find it - which was not all of the time. I have now switched to silicone
brake fluid in my Spitfire and will use it in my GT6 when I get it done.
As others have said, other brake fluid will work.
Roger Elliott
1980 Spitfire
Thanks for the replies, everyone. My email I sent to Triumphs Only(replied within an hour!) said pretty explicitly to use only GT LMA. The majority of the emails I got was to use Castrol's.
I was under the impression LMA was unique to Castrol's fluids. Is it classified as DOT 4?
Either way, of all places to buy Castrol's fluid, you can get it on Amazon. Guess it's just not for books anymore. So I'll scrape some dough together, buy several bottles and bleed away.
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