Corroded brake lines

[john_p]

Had the wheel off today poking about and noticed this .. is it likely to be a MOT fail



NSR pictured, OSR is similar. 2000-reg 328 with 140k.

Are they urgent replacement or a "when you can" thing

Edited by john_p on Monday 7th February 00:49

[checkmate91]

Depends how pitted they are but, yes brake line corrosion can be an MOT fail. Yours look pretty bad, I've replaced better on my mini in the past...

[littleredrooster]

Looks extremely urgent from where I'm sitting!

[magpie215]

I would be thinking replacement time if that were my car.

[Mastodon2]

Yeah, I'd change those sharpish, they look terrible!

[dowahdiddyman]

Even if it was an mot pass I`d change them for my own piece of mind.Stainless braided for that aswell.

[Yuxi]

dowahdiddyman said:

Even if it was an mot pass I`d change them for my own piece of mind.Stainless braided for that aswell.

Cunifer yes, stainless braided no.

[northandy]

I'd say they were buggered. I'd be surprised if that passed an mot.

[redstu]

Rub them down and paint them black , they will be fine.




Until you need to barke hard!

I'd check all your lines if those are that bad.

[FranKinFezza]

Replace NOW i wouldn't even drive it to the tester in that state.
that bit of pipe looks to be at the immanent fail stage.

ETS Are they urgent replacement or a "when you can" thing
did you REALLY type that

Edited by FranKinFezza on Sunday 6th February 21:17

[mk2 24v]

definately a fail!! unless the tester doesnt look at the pipes

anyone with a e36, e46 bimmer beware, as they seem to have both front to rear pipes go like that at a fairly young age

id definately be replacing those lines for some cupro nickel pipe pretty soon if i was the OP

[john_p]

FranKinFezza said:

Replace NOW i wouldn't even drive it to the tester in that state.
that bit of pipe looks to be at the immanent fail stage.

ETS Are they urgent replacement or a "when you can" thing
did you REALLY type that

Yes, quite clearly I did

Should it have failed the last MOT ? May

[R1 Indy]

well put it this way, mine were in better condition than that, and they started leaking.

the bad news is, bmw used steel pipes rather than copper, so its not easy to just chop the bad bit out, and put a new piece in as steel is not easy to flare.

the garage that did mine ended up renewing the whole lenth.

[ADEuk]

Dunno, but if you crash into the back of me tommorow I'm keeping this thread for evidence

[morgrp]

littleredrooster said:

Looks extremely urgent from where I'm sitting!

^^^ what he said

[richie1173]

Until you need to barke hard!

i thought the brakes were dodgy on my freelander a while back when i braked hard(foot went to the floor with pressure). another time i braked hard and "she" near didnt stop at all. eventually the nsf pipe burst. asked the local mech what the others were like. "fine" was the reply. brought her back cause of lack of feel. " the back ones wont pass mot " he says.sure enuf the ot centre sent me to get them replaced.

[john_p]

I'll get them changed, but does an MOT tester do more than just look at them to determine how corroded they are? Or is it sufficient to tell just by looking at them (cf. comments about "pitting" above)

[road_rager]

must be an e46 thing, mine aren't great either, and it's been an advisory on last 2 MOT's

[Petrolhead_Rich]

john_p said:

Had the wheel off today poking about and noticed this .. is it likely to be a MOT fail



NSR pictured, OSR is similar. 2000-reg 328 with 140k.

Are they urgent replacement or a "when you can" thing

Edited by john_p on Monday 7th February 00:49

Jesus, that is worrying, Yes, they need changing asap, all it takes is a small pin hole and your going to have no brakes very quickly, or even worse if the end is corroded then the whole pipe could pop out leaving you with nothing in the way of brakes (well ok, two wheels will still work because of the diagonal split)

Yes, get them changed asap!

john_p said:

Are they urgent replacement or a "when you can" thing

[john_p]

Petrolhead_Rich said:

.. hence me asking about it