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Brake Master Cylinder Seal Failure

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Old 10-20-11, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by digger08

Chalk another instance up for having an extended warranty and being covered for this entire repair.
Good to know!
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Sounds very strange. I've never had this happen or heard of this happening in 22 years of owning Toyota vehicles. Are you SURE your dealer isn't doing something wrong, especially after this happening repeatedly to you?
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Guys lets keep the personal comments out of this thread and stay focused on the issue that Digger had with his brakes please.
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So it's very important to only use OEM Brake fluid with the right polymers..



or Aftermarket fluids with the right polymers..

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Boilover in an IS-F? So not likely it isn't even funny. Even at CMP with brakes hot enough to crack the rotors, the fluid did not boil. This isn't an issue anyone has experienced with an F regardless of fluid. I run Brembo LCF and have for some time (2 1/2 years) without any issues. I completely faded full race pads without boiling the brake fluid after the stability controls spent the better part of the day compensating for my lack of skill.

Sorry I misread your post - it read like you'd personally had this issue with more than one Lexus - GS, IS, and RX. I also owned a 2006 IS 350 from new to December 2008 and did not have the issue in the LSB.
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Originally Posted by lobuxracer
Sounds very strange. I've never had this happen or heard of this happening in 22 years of owning Toyota vehicles. Are you SURE your dealer isn't doing something wrong, especially after this happening repeatedly to you?
It's a typical failure mode for many automobile brands with power brakes. Happened to a Porsche 928 I ownded a while back.
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Yep, quite common for us long term '06 IS owners and Honda also had the same issue this year Actually, leaking master cylinder seals causing loss of brake fluid through the brake booster is not uncommon at all and I'm going back to Mark X and Mark II Jaguars,..jeese I'm dating myself. .Must of been a bad batch of seals.
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