Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 998 / 996 / 916 / 748 > Right Hand Side Heat Problem around brake master cyl

[twpd]

You would need someone with the right kit to measure cylinder head temp'. It's normal to run rear pots slightly rich to keep them cooler when doing custom maps. However, I do not think this is the cause in your case. I am sure you have either air or water in the fluid. Brakes are simple....they really are and so are the causes of them being broken.

[Gbyte666]

Cheers M8. I'll start by flushing the rear brakes through completly with new fluid.

Craig

[Ray]

I've had me 998 boil up it's rear fluid a time or two, I do tend to use the rear brake quite a bit.

A fluid change could well cure it, if the fluid is old it boils more easily as it's hydroscopic and the increased water content lowers its boiling point.

Brake fluids have a dry and wet boiling point. The wet is usually a lot lower, in some cases an couple of hundred of degrees lower.

Ray.