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Brake line broken/leaking
Jasconius
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One of the brake lines on one of my cars has apparently gone out.
It began a few weeks ago as a slow leak, I let my mother drive the car today and she called me when she arrived at her destination that the brakes has almost entirely given out.
It's now leaking an entire reservoir worth of brake fluid every day or two.
I know which tire the leak is occuring from.
The problem at hand is that I don't have the money to get the brake line replaced/repaired by a professional at the moment.
Is it possible to, provided I can locate the leak exactly, patch the line with some duct tape and hope for the best for the next week or two?
The brake line appears to be made of some sort of durable rubber, the car still stops but it as of today it needs nearly 100ft of braking distance to slow from 45 to 0.
Also, how much does brake line repair typically cost, the leak is clearly isolated to a single tire.
It began a few weeks ago as a slow leak, I let my mother drive the car today and she called me when she arrived at her destination that the brakes has almost entirely given out.
It's now leaking an entire reservoir worth of brake fluid every day or two.
I know which tire the leak is occuring from.
The problem at hand is that I don't have the money to get the brake line replaced/repaired by a professional at the moment.
Is it possible to, provided I can locate the leak exactly, patch the line with some duct tape and hope for the best for the next week or two?
The brake line appears to be made of some sort of durable rubber, the car still stops but it as of today it needs nearly 100ft of braking distance to slow from 45 to 0.
Also, how much does brake line repair typically cost, the leak is clearly isolated to a single tire.
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If you absolutely have to drive, then use a credit card to get it fixed.
No, duct tape will not not do anything. The pressure in your brake system regularly exceeds 1000 PSI, and this needs to be fixed properly before you kill someone.
If you're losing that much brake fluid, the leak should be easy to find. Get underneath the car (while it's off, and chock the wheels for god's sake) and have someone pump the brake pedal. The leak is likely coming from one of the threaded brake line connections, rather than a hole in the line itself. It's also common for a caliper to leak, either through the piston seal or more rarely the bleeder screw. You may not be able to see this easily, but look for puddles right behind the tire. The master cylinder can leak too, but it generally dumps it into the driver's foot and I think you'd notice that.
If it's leaking at a threaded connection, the fix is easy. If a caliper is leaking, it needs to be rebuilt, but this is also pretty easy. If you actually find a hole in the brake line, you need to replace that brake line and preferably all the others, too.
And for gods sake, wear some rubber gloves or something. Brake fluid is nasty stuff, and it will eat your skin.
As in, if your smoldering car is found at the bottom of a cliff and they find the duct tape on the leak, they will know what happened.
So if the deaths of innocent children isnt enough for you to get it sorted, the huge financial burden should be enough (of course im just messin here, but seriously, you should not drive it at all, not even to the garage to get it fixed)
Get it towed, or tow it yourself.
Slowly.