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Old 10 October 2009, 02:26 PM
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Hey guys i need your help! I recently changed my front discs and pads to EBC race discs and yellow stuff pads whick are pretty good. Problem is brake fade and high speed? Ive been reliably informed thats its my brake fluid boiling and will need to be changed. The car is 4 years old and using standard dot 3 fluid. What dot of fluid can i use as an upgrade without causing problems with seals etc?? Its a 2005 WRX TURBO blob eye.
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Motul RBF600, very good fluid:

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Also, are you running uprated pads on the rear too? If not, it would be worth changing them to Yellowstuff"R" too.
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firstly if you give a more detailed description of your "fade" it wil help people give you more accurate advice............

also if the car is 4yr old and never had its fluid changed then simply flushing it and replacing 'like for like' will see a vast improvement normally

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or slap in 5.1 ..
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I run the Motul RBF600 too and never boiled it but it's changed every few months.
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Originally Posted by s60tyn
Hey guys i need your help! I recently changed my front discs and pads to EBC race discs and yellow stuff pads whick are pretty good. Problem is brake fade and high speed? Ive been reliably informed thats its my brake fluid boiling and will need to be changed. The car is 4 years old and using standard dot 3 fluid. What dot of fluid can i use as an upgrade without causing problems with seals etc?? Its a 2005 WRX TURBO blob eye.
try ATE racing blue ,flush it out with this fluid . never had any problems or boiling on our track car 330 mm discs with compbrake calipers
also you need to describe your brake problems more accurate m8
is it brake fade your getting or pedal compressability ?
cheers geo
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