Re: Bendix Treadle Vac Study- Serioius Business!!

Posted by Thomas Wilcox On 2010/12/2 12:14:39

Stainless steel (steel with 10%-ish chromium) will corrode if it is in an anoxic environment. Corrosion protection in SS comes from corrosion! The chromium on the surface reacts with oxygen in the atmosphere to form a very thin layer of chromium oxide, which prevents oxygen from being able to interact with the iron in the steel.

Does brake fluid have any free oxygen in it? If not, or not much, then SS wouldn't be of much benefit.