Originally Posted by
AnkleWork
Just curious: how volatile are the perfumes and other additives in Johnson's baby oil? Is it compatible with the seals, lines and other polymer parts in the brakes?
Baby oil is primarily White oil/Paraffin oil. A very harmless substance.
Anything OK to smear on baby skin, and is given by the pint to constipated horses is hugely unlikely to upset polymers and plastics.
I’d be wary about performance variation over temperature though.