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Yorky Bob Member Since: 28 Apr 2015 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4561 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
So how many in the sixth year have replaced the brake hoses I wonder. Its on the service tick sheet. FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
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MartynB Member Since: 08 Aug 2011 Location: Currently Rootless ! Posts: 1782 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I think the truth is Bob , they get replaced when the MOT tester says they are a fail . If you are replacing them , go for the life time option . braided with stainless fittings . I put them on every bike I owned . They must be available for cars ? 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership
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LR NUT Member Since: 12 May 2012 Location: Scotland Posts: 4350 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
If you paint them before any rust appears or from new.....the genuine factory ones will last a lifetime more or less |
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shiggsy Member Since: 13 Jan 2013 Location: Kent Posts: 799 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I replaced mine at 6 years. |
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grod Member Since: 05 Dec 2015 Location: Branxton Posts: 110 ![]() ![]() |
I bought some braided Goodridge lines about a year ago but a little concerned about the process in fitting them onto the 2011
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Bobupndown Member Since: 26 Dec 2014 Location: Upside down behind the TV! Posts: 2855 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Fitted a set to my disco when it was about 11. All came apart easily enough. Make sure you have a good quality crows foot spanner. Don't try with a normal open ender or you may struggle. Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948
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Steve D Member Since: 19 Jan 2013 Location: Essexshire Posts: 4109 ![]() ![]() |
I’ve been in the trade for 45 years and I’ve never changed a brake hose unless it was showing signs of perishing. Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
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Badger51 Member Since: 01 Mar 2014 Location: Coffs Harbour Posts: 984 ![]() ![]() |
As Steve says, I'd only change them if starting to perish or badly corroded on the fittings, unless of course they happen to be leaking 😀 (Now Sold). 2008 Freelander 2 (Nazca Sand) SE TD4 Auto. Statutory write off & on WOVR for hail damage but still road legal.
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Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4921 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I live by the sea, never has to renew brake lines on cars that wer 25 & 18 years old. Has the brake fluid been changed? Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device! Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18 |
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dorsetfreelander Member Since: 20 Jul 2013 Location: Dorset Posts: 4354 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
My neighbour has a Y reg (2000) Audi and just failed its MOT on a perished front brake hose. Apparently the other one was OK. So that's 18 years and 105k miles and the car lives outside and we live near the sea too. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
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Yorky Bob Member Since: 28 Apr 2015 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4561 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Looks like the 6 year change can be ignored then and be based on wear and tear.
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