MrGundam
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- C207 2012 E350Cdi
Evening all,
So after owning this car only 1 week one of the brake lines bursts!
Seems there was a load of crud on top of the plastic under carriage right up against the brake lines.
Which has resulted in one of the lines bursting and the one next to it corroded.
I have inspected the rest of the lines and it is actually in good condition apart from the section that burst and was up against the moist dirt.
Now I know the best 'sure fire' thing would be to have all the pipes replaced, but given the rest is in good condition I am thinking about repairing the straight section with the corrosion. I will call a local indy I was recommended on Monday but given I would need a tow and then the cost of the work I would expect a bill for around £500 - £600.
I actually called a another local Mercedes Independent that was open and when asked for a quote on replacing all the lines they said they would recommend replacing the corroded part only as per MB. I keep reading people online however saying the whole lines need replacing.
So I just wondered if my thinking is ok / safe:
1) Use a quality DIN handheld flare tool (Vigor V4416) so I create a bubble flare on the existing pipe at a completely clean part.
2) Use about a meter of 3/16" copper brake pipe with males nuts and joiners
3) Coat the joins and pipe with wax seal
4) Bleed the system with a pressure bleeding kit (Sealey VS820)
5) Possibly use my iCarsoft V2 to purge any air from ABS? (Not sure how much leaked out before saw the warning message)
6) Test / check / Test / Check
So after owning this car only 1 week one of the brake lines bursts!
Seems there was a load of crud on top of the plastic under carriage right up against the brake lines.
Which has resulted in one of the lines bursting and the one next to it corroded.
I have inspected the rest of the lines and it is actually in good condition apart from the section that burst and was up against the moist dirt.
Now I know the best 'sure fire' thing would be to have all the pipes replaced, but given the rest is in good condition I am thinking about repairing the straight section with the corrosion. I will call a local indy I was recommended on Monday but given I would need a tow and then the cost of the work I would expect a bill for around £500 - £600.
I actually called a another local Mercedes Independent that was open and when asked for a quote on replacing all the lines they said they would recommend replacing the corroded part only as per MB. I keep reading people online however saying the whole lines need replacing.
So I just wondered if my thinking is ok / safe:
1) Use a quality DIN handheld flare tool (Vigor V4416) so I create a bubble flare on the existing pipe at a completely clean part.
2) Use about a meter of 3/16" copper brake pipe with males nuts and joiners
3) Coat the joins and pipe with wax seal
4) Bleed the system with a pressure bleeding kit (Sealey VS820)
5) Possibly use my iCarsoft V2 to purge any air from ABS? (Not sure how much leaked out before saw the warning message)
6) Test / check / Test / Check