ATE Original TYP 200 DOT 4 Racing Brake Fluid

It means the SDS classifies the mixture as suspected of damaging fertility or the unborn child (Cat 2), driven by the orthoborate that makes up 70-90% of the fluid. For an adult doing a brake flush in a ventilated garage, the realistic exposure is low — splash and skin contact during bleeding, not chronic inhalation. The SDS singles out pregnancy as a specific trigger: 'Pregnant women should strictly avoid inhalation or skin contact.' If that applies, hand the work to someone else or use a different fluid. For everyone else, normal brake-service PPE — gloves and safety glasses, with the garage door open — is what the SDS calls for. This H361 entry is new in the November 2025 SDS revision (Version 9.0); earlier versions did not list it at the mixture level.

ATE states minimums of 536°F dry and 388°F wet on the TYP 200 technical data sheet. The DOT 4 minimums under FMVSS 116 are 446°F dry / 311°F wet, so TYP 200 clears the spec by 90°F dry and 77°F wet. The DOT 5.1 wet minimum is 356°F — TYP 200's 388°F wet beats that by 32°F. The DOT 5.1 dry minimum is 500°F; TYP 200's 536°F also clears it. TYP 200 isn't certified DOT 5.1, though, because its viscosity at -40°C (≤1400 mm²/s) is above the DOT 5.1 cold-viscosity limit (900 mm²/s) — the same pattern that limits Motul RBF 600 to a DOT 4 label despite DOT 5.1-class boiling points.

Yes. TYP 200 is a glycol-ether based fluid (non-silicone) — the correct chemistry for ABS, ESC, and traction control hydraulics. The DOT 5 silicone fluids are the incompatible category, and TYP 200 is a DOT 4 glycol fluid, not silicone. ATE doesn't appear to publish a separate explicit ABS/ESC compatibility statement, but the inherent glycol-base + DOT 4 certification is the same chemistry every ABS-equipped vehicle's master cylinder is designed for.

ATE markets TYP 200 as supporting service intervals up to three years under normal highway driving. Track-day and performance use shortens that significantly — once per season is common practice for cars seeing repeated hard braking, since wet boiling point degrades as the fluid absorbs moisture through the brake system. A roadside brake-fluid test kit measures the actual wet boiling point in service and is the most reliable signal for replacement timing.

Super Blue was the blue-tinted version of TYP 200, designed so that mechanics could visually confirm a complete fluid flush — old fluid (amber) showed against new fluid (blue). It was discontinued in the US around 2013-2014 because FMVSS 116 effectively requires brake fluid to fall within the amber/yellow color range. The amber 'normal' TYP 200 is the same fluid otherwise, and what's sold under this ASIN today. The blue version is still available in some non-US markets.