Just changed the discs and pads on a friend's N-reg Civic with 75k miles 
on the clock. The calipers looked fine - no signs of leaks - but when I 
pushed the piston back in on the nearside caliper a fair quantity of 
fluid oozed out from behind the dust seal.

We're not messing about, just going to put a new caliper on, but I was 
surprised - even a little concerned - about this as it doesn't seem an 
excessive mileage or age.

Any thoughts about this? I was wondering if a previous owner had popped 
the piston out by pumping the pedal with the caliper off and just pushed 
it back in but would the fluid that leaked out then have completely 
boiled off or would there have been some tell-tale residue left behind?

TIA

Parish

In article <42c19cca$0$17918$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>, 
Parish says...

> Just changed the discs and pads on a friend's N-reg Civic with 75k miles 
> on the clock. The calipers looked fine - no signs of leaks - but when I 
> pushed the piston back in on the nearside caliper a fair quantity of 
> fluid oozed out from behind the dust seal.
> 
> We're not messing about, just going to put a new caliper on, but I was 
> surprised - even a little concerned - about this as it doesn't seem an 
> excessive mileage or age.
> 
> Any thoughts about this? I was wondering if a previous owner had popped 
> the piston out by pumping the pedal with the caliper off and just pushed 
> it back in but would the fluid that leaked out then have completely 
> boiled off or would there have been some tell-tale residue left behind?
> 

Just one of those things. No hard fast rule as to how long they last.


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