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MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT

Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations

Standard 116



Motor Vehicle Brake Fluids (Standard 116)

116. (1) The hydraulic brake system of a vehicle shall contain brake fluid that conforms to the requirements of Technical Standards Document No. 116, Motor Vehicle Brake Fluids (TSD 116), as amended from time to time.

(2) A reference in TSD 116 to a standard published by ASTM that is set out in column 1 of the table to this subsection may be read as a reference to the standard set out opposite that standard in column 2 of the table.

TABLE
Item Column 1 Column 2
1. ASTM D 445 – 65, Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids (Kinematic and Dynamic Viscosities) ASTM D 445 – 06, Standard Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids (and Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity)
2. ASTM D 1121 – 67, Standard Method of Test for Reserve Alkalinity of Engine Antifreezes and Antirusts ASTM D 1287 – 91 (reapproved in 2002), Standard Test Method for pH of Engine Coolants and Antirusts
3. ASTM D 1123 – 59, Standard Method of Test for Water in Concentrated Engine Antifreezes by the Iodine Reagent Method ASTM D 1123 – 99 (reapproved in 2003), Standard Test Methods for Water in Engine Coolant Concentrate by the Karl Fischer Reagent Method
4. ASTM D 1193 – 70, Standard Specifications for Reagent Water ASTM D 1193 – 99ε1, Standard Specification for Reagent Water
5. ASTM D 1415 – 68, Standard Method of Test for International Hardness of Vulcanized Natural and Synthetic Rubbers ASTM D 1415 – 06, Standard Test Method for Rubber Property — International Hardness
6. ASTM D 2515 – 66, Standard Specification for Kinematic Glass Viscometers ASTM D 446 – 06, Standard Specifications and Operating Instructions for Glass Capillary Kinematic Viscometers
7. ASTM E 1 – 68, Specifications for ASTM Thermometers ASTM E 1 – 05, Standard Specification for ASTM Liquid-in-Glass Thermometers
8. ASTM E 77 – 66, Verification and Calibration of Liquid-in-Glass Thermometers ASTM E 77 – 98, (reapproved in 2003), Standard Test Method for Inspection and Verification of Thermometers
9. ASTM E 298 – 68, Standard Methods for Assay of Organic Peroxides ASTM E 298 – 01, Standard Test Methods for Assay of Organic Peroxides

(3) This section expires on January 1, 2012.

 

 

Established by the CONSOLIDATED REGULATIONS OF CANADA, 1978.

amended by

SOR/79-940 6 December, 1979 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Section 118 of Schedule IV is renumbered as section 116.

SOR/93-561 9 December, 1993 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

The heading preceding section 116 of Schedule IV; subsection 116(2) of Schedule IV preceding paragraph (a); subsection 116(3) of Schedule IV preceding paragraph (a); subsection 116(4) of Schedule IV preceding paragraph (a); subsection 116(5) of Schedule IV preceding paragraph (a); paragraph 116(5)(c) of Schedule IV; subparagraphs 116(k)(iii) to (vi) of Schedule IV; subsection 116(6) of Schedule IV preceding paragraph (a); section 116 of Schedule IV by adding sections 116(7) and 116(8).

SOR/2007-180 July 31, 2007 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act comes into force August 22, 2007.

Section 116 of Schedule IV and the heading before it are replaced.

 


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