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Check brake fluid and it was fine
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I checked my caliper bleed points and they were fine.
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A low dust break pad will do wonders for you (I'm using EBC Red Stuff for DD).
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If you are unable to clean the back side of the wheel, that crap builds up and any moisture will cause it to run and mess up the clean side of the wheel.
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If you are unable to clean the back side of the wheel, that crap builds up and any moisture will cause it to run and mess up the clean side of the wheel.
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If you are unable to clean the back side of the wheel, that crap builds up and any moisture will cause it to run and mess up the clean side of the wheel.
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If you are unable to clean the back side of the wheel, that crap builds up and any moisture will cause it to run and mess up the clean side of the wheel.
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Use a spray tip with your compressor to blast all of the brake dust out of the holes in the rotor - and then blast out all of the crap in the rotor vanes.
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My Carrera wheels are constantly fouled up, and it looks to be more than just brake dust and road grime. However, I'm not losing brake fluid, I don't get the sense that wheel bearings are failing or spewing grease, and it is all 4 wheels equally. Anyone else having this issue? Mostly just a pain in the neck...
A picture would help - but it is not uncommon for the wheels to get FILTHY very fast. If you are unable to clean the back side of the wheel, that crap builds up and any moisture will cause it to run and mess up the clean side of the wheel.
Once you are certain that you are not leaking brake fluid or anything else that is exacerbating normal brake dust accretion:
* Wash the hell out of them. Ideally, remove each one from the car.
* While the wheel is drying, hit the brakes with brake cleaner.
* Once the wheel is completely dry, remount it and give it a good coat of this:
So what's happening: You're washing your car, you get it all done...and as you pull back in to the garage, that nasty goop on the back of the spokes and all over the calipers and any left in the vanes of your drilled rotors pours all over your spic-n-span wheel.
Use a spray tip with your compressor to blast all of the brake dust out of the holes in the rotor - and then blast out all of the crap in the rotor vanes. This will go a long way toward preventing those rivulets of black crap from running everywhere.
If you can, dry everything completely once it's parked and you won't be moving it for a day - and THEN hit it with the wheel protectant. It won't make it perfect, but it will absolutely help.
As long as the car stays dry, you shouldn't get any more of the muddy streaks - but any water, even a splash, will start it all over again.
It looks like brake fluid most definitely, but it could very well be something else.
Crazy question: Are you using any tire shine?
Even crazier question... When you wash it, do you spray degreaser on the wheels and calipers?
I used to have this problem... I would wash it, clean the wheels with spray degreaser, tire shine the tires, and then go for an immediate one hour drive. I would come home and the inside of my wheels look just like yours. I checked the brake fluid and it was fine. I checked my caliper bleed points and they were fine. The next time I washed the car, I let it completely dry in the garage and it hasn't done it since.
Cheers!
Yep, that's exactly what I do - wash it and then drive it (it's my DD). So I guess I need to let it sit and dry after washing, or blow out the wheels with compressed air.
Man, this thing is more high-maintenance than my wife!
I disagree that it looks like brake fluid - brake fluid is oily and doesn't dry like water.
Also, brake fluid left sitting on a rim will eat the finish away - if this cleans up with no indication that the paint is damaged, probably not brake fluid.
One warning: The super-duper-"no scrub"-brake-cleaner-sprays you can get at Autozone, etc. can etch the hell out of your paint after many applications. I have found car wash soap and a soft bristle plastic brush or one of those terrycloth wheel cleaning tools to be safer.
Nothing going on here in this wheel well except some loose brake dust and grime mixed with some cleaner and then driven shortly after the cleaning and then getting slung around in the wheel.
Take the wheels off and completely clean and throughly dry the caliber and axle assembly... a leaf blower will do just fine for that.
OEM brake pads are horrible about break dust! Especially if you drive with a little spirit and have 4 - 65-0mph stop signs every time you are coming to or leaving your house. A low dust break pad will do wonders for you (I'm using EBC Red Stuff for DD).
Looks like water mixing with brake dust in the rotor vent passages, as the rotors spins it all comes flying out onto the rims. An electric leaf blower will get the excess water out of there.
And the answer is: Rusty water! Unless the brake rotors are plated everywhere except the braking surface, when they get wet, (cast iron) it creates surface rust especially in the heat vents. It gets deposited on the inner rim inline with the vents.
