Hmm it's surprising that quite a few people were "duped" by autozen :-) I knew he was "lying" when I first came across his post. Autozen is a familiar and knowledgeable auto mechanic in these forums.

Actually, if you ever inadvertently smear ANY petroleum-based oil on your brake pads and rotors, just buy a 12 oz can of brake cleaner, and blast it on them. The brake cleaner fluid will remove the oil INSTANTLY and CLEANLY. There's no need to replace pads or rotors.

I have never seen anything that can remove dirty oil as amazingly as brake cleaner fluid.

Eric