Rusty brake pipes.............

[SimonV8ster]

Is it common for brake pipes to be a bit rusty on Monaros ? Just heard mine were looking a bit shabby.........

[Yertis]

I'm in the middle of renewing the brake pipes on my Quattro, but those are 23 years old. I'd hope Monaro pipes would have a few years left in them yet.

[monkfish1]

We have seen a couple of MOT failures recently!

[SimonV8ster]

Ok cheers

[k15tox]

ive also got this, nothing major just a little rust. gunna give them a rub down and a nice coating of waxoyl

[broadslide]

Had an advisory on mine due to rust. 05 build VXR

[stevery]

I had an advisory on mine on the last MOT and the day after it leaked everywhere!
That resulted in me having to not only replace the corroded pipes, but the power steering pump as well.
Cost me about £700 in the end and a 2 week wait for pipes from Australia, so if they are going then worth getting the sorted earlier rather than later. Mines an 04 vxr.

[gsd2000]

mines an 04 car, mot due in jan so i will have a look at mine on the weekend

[SimonV8ster]

Um, sounds like soemthing quite normal then - not good for a car only 5 years old.

My mechanic says he can make them so won't have to wait to get any imported.

[monkfish1]

stevery said:

I had an advisory on mine on the last MOT and the day after it leaked everywhere!
That resulted in me having to not only replace the corroded pipes, but the power steering pump as well.
Cost me about £700 in the end and a 2 week wait for pipes from Australia, so if they are going then worth getting the sorted earlier rather than later. Mines an 04 vxr.

Im guessing you mean the Power steering pipe? We keep all this on the shelf as well as the brake pipes and PAS pump.

[stevery]

doh, yes power steering pipes not brake pipes! Sorry for confusion!!
I had to take mine to the main dealer as they are 5 mins away and it was making such a racket i didn't want to drive it any further. Vauxhall just said they were out of stock in the UK and i'd have to wait until the parts came in, took a couple of weeks, but they couldn't really tell me exactly when as seems they'd only know when the bits arrived...

[gsd2000]

Were the correded pas pipes the cooler and front pipe work?

[stevery]

If you mean the one that runs across the front under the radiator then yes.
They told me they replaced another pipe that was on the way out at the same time but to be honest i wasn't quite sure where exactly that one was.

[gsd2000]

Thats okay, im pulling that pipe out and fitting a 25 row cooler instead. All in with fluid its going to cost around £130 max