NCT failed on brake lines

mr roper

ford focus failed nct on corroded back brake lines any ideas on how much a garage would charge to replace them,just want a rough guess before i start ringing garages.

biko

About 100 per side, give or take depending on how bad it really is (could be surface rust that can be removed easily or it can be bad and the lines needs to be replaced). I'm not sure how accessible they are to replace on a focus.

Without seeing the lines I doubt a mechanic will give you a quote so drive out and get a couple garages have a look.

mr roper

cheers thanks.

6781

My Mondeo failed on brake lines the other week. Cost me €70 from a local mechanic to replace it.

BohsCeltic

Seems to be a common fail these days, mine wasn't even that bad, a quick clean might have solved it but just replaced it with a copper line instead to save the hassle

your future

must agree brake lines are a very common fail on cars, my focus just failed again on this despite having them replaced two years ago for the same reason. Though once you had them done that was it. Does it depend on the garage or what the reason for this

mr roper

got them done yesterday and costed me 192euro.

BohsCeltic

Well this didn't take too long to materialise again, failed on corroded brake lines, the tester pointed out to me that it's on one he said i must have had replaced which i did.
Two years seems a short time for corrosion to appear on copper, will have to have a good look at the weekend.

rex-x

Copper brake pipe doesn't corrode (it can over a long period be eaten by the brake fluid however). Are you sure its not a different section of steel brake pipe?

BohsCeltic

rex-x wrote: »

Copper brake pipe doesn't corrode (it can over a long period be eaten by the brake fluid however). Are you sure its not a different section of steel brake pipe?

That was my understanding aswell but he specifically mentioned the one previously repaired. I'll have to take a look tomorrow when i'm off and see for myself

Asmooh

why don't you just get forged steel tuning brake lines? those won't break anymore and they are way better

seamusk84

This is the problem with salting the roads for ice. Corrodes the hell out of beak lines and general undercarriage.

Had an astra fail for same reason last year. Replaced them all with copper, €170. Unfortunately the car was written off in a crash soon after

CJhaughey

Asmooh wrote: »

why don't you just get forged steel tuning brake lines? those won't break anymore and they are way better

Steel corrodes worse than Copper if unprotected.
This isn't about breaking brake line but corroded brake lines.
And I really don't see how a steel brake line is any better than a copper one, neither are subject to expansion like rubber flexi lines?

pa990

One of my cars is due an nctnext week.
The nct guy told me last yr to change the brake lines due to corrosion.

My mechanic agreeded with that diagnosis, I'll chance my arm next week and see what happens.

But I'm thinking of investing in one of those kärcher under body washers.

biko

I hope OP got sorted in the end, almost two years ago.