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[I_want_an_Omega]

Hi,

When I had the car MOTd last July it had an advisory on both OS brake pipes as being slightly corroded.

When it had a visit to National Tyres in Nov (yes, I know ....) I asked the MOT tester for his view. He said that he would have passed them.

So, what do I do? If they need doing can they be fixed - or do they need to be replaced and is this expensive? I certainly aint doing it myself ...

Comments welcome.

Ta

[GraemeT]

Hi
I had similar with my rear pipes - two years ago advisory, one year ago - fail.

I have flaring kit and can work copper pipes but not the steel ones on the Omega, my local independent garage did the pipes for me - £50. They cut the steel pipes just beneath the rear seats, flared the ends there onto a new union joint and then ran a length of copper to the rear calipers from the new joint.

If you are going to keep the car for any length of time then I'd say it's a job worth getting done

Graeme

[I_want_an_Omega]

Thanks - much appreciated, the car has only done 3k since the MOT - so hopefully wont have got much worse

[RobG]

Hi,

When I had the car MOTd last July it had an advisory on both OS brake pipes as being slightly corroded.

When it had a visit to National Tyres in Nov (yes, I know ....) I asked the MOT tester for his view. He said that he would have passed them.

So, what do I do? If they need doing can they be fixed - or do they need to be replaced and is this expensive? I certainly aint doing it myself ...

Comments welcome.

Ta

Give them a good clean up and coat `em with grease