silicone is for breast implants, not ever to come around paint jobs or brake systems----

I had an issue with Dot 5 (militaryspec?)) when I was in Army--was pretty severe and lots of brass telling me I ws wrong--had pretty major issues going from me and the Commanders Jeep all the way thru 3rd Army to Pentagon---
It was developed so that it could be used in vehicles that were stored on that island resupply base located in Indian Ocean---they thought that a fluid that wouldn't MIX with water was better than ome that absorbed water----were they ever wrong--

You'll need to replace every piece of anything rubber type material