AS/NZS 1960.1:1995

1 - AS/NZS 1960.1: 1995 MOTOR VEHICLE BRAKE FLUIDS - NON-PETROLEUM TYPE
4 - PREFACE
4 - CONTENTS
5 - 1 SCOPE
5 - 2 APPLICATION
5 - 3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
5 - 4 DEFINITIONS
5 - 4.1 Blister
5 - 4.2 Chipping
5 - 4.3 Scuffing
5 - 4.4 Sloughing
5 - 4.5 Stickiness
5 - 5 CLASSIFICATION
5 - 6 BRAKE FLUID CHARACTERISTICS
6 - 7 METHODS OF TEST
6 - 8 PACKAGING
6 - 8.1 Containers
6 - 8.2 Marking
12 - APPENDIX A - CARE AND HANDLING OF BRAKE FLUIDS
12 - A1 GENERAL
12 - A2 MANUFACTURER’S RECOMMENDATIONS
12 - A3 FLUID INCOMPATIBILITY
12 - A4 FLUID CONTAMINATION
12 - A5 FLUID WATER UPTAKE
12 - A6 RE-USE OF FLUID
12 - A7 TOXICITY

Specifies the requirements for automotive brake fluids of the non-petroleum type, which are silicone free, for use in hydraulic braking systems and clutches of motor vehicles. It includes testing for swelling of styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) and terpolymer of ethylene, propylene and diene (EPDM) seals in contact with brake fluid containing 1.5 percent water. This Standard covers brake fluids which comply with the requirements of Grade 1 (equivalent to DOT 3), Grade 2 and Grade 3 (equivalent to DOT 4) and polyglycol base. Other compositions are not excluded. Grade 4 fluids have been deleted and are to be found in AS/NZS 1960.2:1995.

This Standard specifies the characteristics, methods of test and packaging of three grades of automotive brake fluid of the non-petroleum type, for use in the hydraulic braking systems of motor vehicles.NOTES:1 These grades are currently met by brake fluids having a polyglycol type base.2 Appendix A provides guidance on the care and handling of brake fluid.

First published as part of AS D16-1968.
Revised and redesignated AS 1960-1976.
Second edition 1983.
Jointly revised and redesignated in part as AS/NZS 1960.1:1995.