Maxx Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 I'm sure this has been brought up before, but I feel obliged to do so again. Whilst in the process of doing a ground up renovation of my supe I noticed one of my rear brake lines was massively corroded and on closer inspection actually began to leak. Thank God it was off the road. I regularly check my supe including all brake and fuel lines, they had shown no signs of corrosion until I removed the plastic cover over the rear crossmember. This apparently provides a perfect environment for corrosion. I strongly recommend that all of you check (or have someone check) this particular location ASAP!! See the photos below for location and what you may find: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 are there braided lines available ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 It has been covered but it never hurts to remind people. Pics help a lot too. Thanks Maxx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 http://mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=140112 Was posted there, but as said always worth the reminder. Glad you found it while the car was off the road though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxx Posted May 24, 2010 Author Share Posted May 24, 2010 (edited) Cheers Smarty, scary thing was the rest of the lines looked absolutely fine, don't like to think about what might of happened had it not been off the road! I guessed it would have been covered already, but just wanted to bring it to everyones attention again as this seems to be a serious problem that I'm sure will happen on most of the supras out there sooner or later unless dealt with. Glad the pics are useful too. Edited May 24, 2010 by Maxx (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 When was the last MOT?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxx Posted May 24, 2010 Author Share Posted May 24, 2010 Only six months ago Swampy, to be fair the lines all looked fine wasn't until the the plastic cover was removed that I found the problem. It didn't start leaking till I started to remove the cover either so all appeared, on the surface, to be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Aaah right, so its not immediately obvious. Nasty all the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxx Posted May 24, 2010 Author Share Posted May 24, 2010 That's the worrying thing Swampy, you really wouldn't suspect any problems looking at the exposed sections of lines. I can't stress enough the importance of actually removing the plastic cover and checking this section of pipe/tube, I was amazed at the level of localised corrosion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveR Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Wow. Definitely looks worthwhile. One to do while it's sunny outside. Thanks for the info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 are there braided lines available ? Yes;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Yes;) anyone got a link ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Thanks for the pics Maxx & posting this, I'll have to get this checked as soon as I can. Them pictures sure do look nasty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.