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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 06:23 AM
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So i'm driving down the highway down 80mph and i notice i cant accelerate past 8K rpm, I pull over to the side and notice my front left rotors is burning red. The front right is fine. I let it cool off a few minutes and while driving to a safe spot i notice i have no front brake. I press the handle all the way down and nothing. I haven't had a chance to look into it cuz i had to run to work.
 
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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 06:27 AM
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more than likely you boiled your brake fluid you well probably need to fix the bad front callipor and replace the fliuds.
 
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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 07:24 AM
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what about the rotors. So just the left caliper and any particular brake fluid?
 
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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 07:56 AM
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the rotor may be warped so make sure to check it good I believe they use dot4
 
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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 12:07 PM
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yea looks like the left front rotor is gone. Where can i buy rotors besides the dealership. The Caliper looks ok. Now what fluid used i use to make sure this doesn't happen again?
 

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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 02:42 PM
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DOT4. There's really nothing else you can use. Just pick it up wherever. Rotors you can get on ebay. I know I have one, but I can't remember if it's the left or right. I also have a caliper, but again, can't remember which side the good one is. I'll PM with details.
 
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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Zero1080
DOT4. There's really nothing else you can use. Just pick it up wherever. Rotors you can get on ebay. I know I have one, but I can't remember if it's the left or right. I also have a caliper, but again, can't remember which side the good one is. I'll PM with details.
what about these.
 
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