So I just plasti dipped my wheels (that's another thread), and when I was putting the last tire back on, I noticed an orange fluid come out from behind the wheel and onto the tire as I was tightening the lugs. A quick google search led me to believe that a seal on the caliper is blown, but no one really said anything about an orange fluid. I backed in and out of my driveway, hitting the brakes pretty hard, and while they don't feel different, there is more fluid. Any ideas?

I was so excited about my new wheels, and now this.

 

Did you run over an orange? Orange fluid eh.. . Brake fluid should be a clearish brown.

 

I know! It's weird. I hadn't even moved the truck since I had taken the tires off to paint the wheels. It had been on jackstands. But when I tightened the lugs, orange fluid. I'll try to get a picture, but it's dark and raining right now

 

Just throwing this out there not 100 percent sure nore do i know how it would get there the only orange fluid i can think of is if you had the orange coolant in your truck

 

orange??
yeah check your fluids levels....
but gotta wonder if your neighbor is having some fun at your expense?? just a thought

was there ever resent work done on your truck? brakes or rear end work perhaps??

 

I recently replaced my master cylinder. Bled all the brake lines. Everything has been fine for a month. Brake fluid level is normal, and certainly not orange. I'm about to go back out there and take the tire back off and see what I can find.

 

I just took the tire off, had the wife step on the brake pedal, and I saw... nothing. At least I didn't see any leaks.

Here are some pics.

This doesn't seem like a lot of anything, but none of this was visible until I put the tire back on the truck.

 

Looks like rust water from your tire. Maybe a leak around the bead? Or maybe you washed them, water got behind the bead and when you put them on, it dripped.

 

Rusty water.

Dog ****?

 

Well, I'll take rusty water. I hope it's not dog ****. Haha. Hooray for overreactions!...

 

Yeah, looks like rust water to me.

 

Or a paintball haha

 

Yea that looks like rust...especially seeing there's water in the background in the picture. Probably just runoff

 

It'd be worth looking at your caliper just in case while the tire is off, you'd see the running down of fluid though. It's oily obviously so it'll stick around. The orange in the pic says rust to me though. Looks like a bead issue, maybe a chip off the plasticoat while re-installing?

 

Rusty water