Oil on my new brake pads

Hi RT, the first thing I would be doing is ensuring that the new seals fit properly and there are no leaks. Take the new pads out, put the old ones back in and do a few pulls on the brake lever and check for leaks. If all OK re-install new pads after cleaning as below.

Cleaning the disc with brake and clutch cleaner is straightforward enough, but cleaning the pads I'm not sure. If the brake fluid has had a chance so 'soak' into the pad material I would be tempted to ditch them and buy new.

Take the pads out of the callipers and give them a good doing with brake cleaner, allow to dry them then give the surface a scrub with sand paper to clear any glazing and re-install. Just be really careful when you test them after re-installation.

 

Echo that Big Lad..

 

Oh Dear Me RT, bit of a school boy error. IF the pads haven't soaked up any oil you might be able to scrub them up ab it with some very rough emery cloth on a file or a bit of pretty stiff flat bar, (used to do that on crane cable drum disc pads as recommended by the manufacturer but there where multiple brake calipers so doing this on one or two didn't matter much), the best bet is to ditch them unfortunately as you will never be 100% confident about the stopping power of your anchors

 

Why would you remove the pads to bleed your brakes? You need to have the pads in place so you can exert pressure to force the air out.
When you finish manual bleeding, use a zip-tie to 'gently' hold the brake lever to the 'bar for an overnight. This allows any air left in the circuit to escape via the master cylinder.

 

Personally I'd ditch the pads in favour of new ones, brakes are life savers and I wouldn't trust them if they'd been even slightly contaminated with any kind of oil based fluid. Thoroughly clean the disc with brake cleaner.
Plus one for zip tying the brake lever back overnight to allow any trapped air to come up through the master cylinder and another tip is to compress the Pistons back into the calipers with the the cover off the reservoir to back bleed the fluid uphill,if that makes sense. just be careful how hard you push the Pistons back and cover the area around the res with lots of rags.