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                                                                    Exhibit 99.3


                              COLTEC INDUSTRIES INC

                                       OF

                              COLTEC INDUSTRIES INC

                 PURSUANT TO THE PROSPECTUS DATED         , 1998

            THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M. NEW YORK CITY
               TIME, ON         , 1998, UNLESS EXTENDED. TENDERED
           SECURITIES MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME ON OR PRIOR TO THE
                     EXPIRATION DATE OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER.




To:  BROKERS, DEALERS COMMERCIAL BANKS,
     TRUST COMPANIES AND OTHER NOMINEES

         Coltec Industries Inc (the "Company") is offering, upon and subject to
the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus dated          , 1998 (the
"Prospectus"), and the enclosed Letter of Transmittal (the "Letter of
Transmittal"), to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") its 7 1/2% Series B Senior
Notes Due 2008 (the "Exchange Notes"), which have been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for its outstanding 7 1/2% Senior Notes Due
2008 (the "Outstanding Notes"). The Exchange Offer is being made in order to
satisfy certain obligations of the Company contained in the Registration Rights
Agreement dated as of April 16, 1998, among the Company and the other
signatories thereto.

         We are requesting that you contact your clients for whom you hold
Outstanding Notes regarding the Exchange Offer. For your information and for
forwarding to your clients for whom you hold Outstanding Notes registered in
your name or in the name of your nominee, or who hold Outstanding Notes
registered in their own names, we are enclosing the following documents:

         1.   Prospectus dated                , 1998;

         2. The Letter of Transmittal for your use and for the information of
your clients;

         3. A Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to be used to accept the Exchange
Offer if certificates for Outstanding Notes are not immediately available or
time will not permit all required documents to reach the Exchange Agent prior to
the Expiration Date (as defined below) or if the procedure for book-entry
transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis;

         4. A form of letter which may be sent to your clients for whose account
you hold Outstanding Notes registered in your name or the name of your nominee,
with space provided for obtaining such clients' instructions with regard to the
Exchange Offer; and

         5. Return envelopes addressed to Bankers Trust Company, the Exchange
Agent for the Outstanding Notes.

         YOUR PROMPT ACTION IS REQUESTED. THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00
P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON                     , 1998, UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE
COMPANY (THE "EXPIRATION DATE"). OUTSTANDING NOTES TENDERED PURSUANT TO THE
EXCHANGE OFFER MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE EXPIRATION DATE.

         To participate in the Exchange Offer, a duly executed and properly
completed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), with any required
signature guarantees and any other required documents, should be sent to the
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Exchange Agent and certificates representing the Outstanding Notes should be
delivered to the Exchange Agent, all in accordance with the instructions set
forth in the Letter of Transmittal and the Prospectus.

         If holders of Outstanding Notes wish to tender, but it is impracticable
for them to forward their certificates for Outstanding Notes prior to the
expiration of the Exchange Offer or to comply with the book-entry transfer
procedures on a timely basis, a tender may be effected by following the
guaranteed delivery procedures described in the Prospectus under "The Exchange
Offer--Procedures for Tendering Outstanding Notes" and "The Exchange
Offer--Guaranteed Delivery Procedures".

         The Company will, upon request, reimburse brokers, dealers, commercial
banks and trust companies for reasonable and necessary costs and expenses
incurred by them in forwarding the Prospectus and the related documents to the
beneficial owners of Outstanding Notes held by them as nominee or in a fiduciary
capacity. The Company will pay or cause to be paid all transfer taxes applicable
to the exchange of Outstanding Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, except as
set forth in Instruction 5 of the Letter of Transmittal.

         Any inquiries you may have with respect to the Exchange Offer, or
requests for additional copies of the enclosed materials, should be directed to
Bankers Trust Company, the Exchange Agent for the Outstanding Notes, at the
address set forth on the front of the Letter of Transmittal.

                                           Very truly yours,



                                           COLTEC INDUSTRIES INC


         NOTHING HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOU OR ANY
PERSON AS AN AGENT OF THE COMPANY OR THE EXCHANGE AGENT, OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY
OTHER PERSON TO USE ANY DOCUMENT OR MAKE ANY STATEMENTS ON BEHALF OF EITHER OF
THEM WITH RESPECT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER, EXCEPT FOR STATEMENTS EXPRESSLY MADE IN
THE PROSPECTUS OR THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

Enclosures