mrocco
Member Since: 24 May 2011
Location: Kapiti
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After a 170km round trip with no heavy braking there seems to be a leakage of some sort appearing on the front wheel rims especially bad on the drivers side. The rims were perfectly clean at the start of the trip - didn't notice an issue with brake performance but then didn't use them much. Has anyone had the same symptom?
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caverD3
Member Since: 02 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
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Are you sure it is brake fluid? If it is you sould find the clearcoat has been removed from the rims. Could be diff oil or CV joint grease. “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
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| 19th Oct 2011 10:48 am |
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mrocco
Member Since: 24 May 2011
Location: Kapiti
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thanks for that - so it's probably not brake fluid. Booked into the stealers for tomorrow (yet again) let's see what they say.
thanks again 2011MY D4 SDV6 HSE Ipanema Sand/Almond/Walnut trim, Privacy glass, Alpine roof (not std on HSE here), ipod lead
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| 20th Oct 2011 9:51 am |
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Top.Banana
Member Since: 15 Dec 2009
Location: East Anglia
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| Re: Brake fluid on wheel rims?? |
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mrocco wrote:After a 170km round trip with no heavy braking there seems to be a leakage of some sort appearing on the front wheel rims especially bad on the drivers side. The rims were perfectly clean at the start of the trip - didn't notice an issue with brake performance but then didn't use them much. Has anyone had the same symptom?
Have this on mine - got it looked at and it's Brake Dust.
Apparently.
Never had any problems with the brakes, the only time I did I used a tree to stop me ......  Happy Land Rovers 
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| 14th Nov 2011 10:50 am |
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Grunders
Member Since: 30 Apr 2011
Location: Manchester
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are you sure its not the liquid they paint/spray on the tyres to make them look shiny, after a few miles the stuff migrates onto the rims and can be sticky If it ain't broke... Take it apart anyway, how else you gonna find out how it works
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| 14th Nov 2011 11:47 am |
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