Sticky caliper, or maybe not?

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Panamax said:

^^^ This

My car put up a yellow EML light last week but seemed to still be running perfectly. Put it into the garage for a "just in case" OBD check. Oh dear, now that fluttering sound you can hear in the background is a large stack of £50 notes leaving my wallet...

Hope you get the brakes sorted.

Cheers buddy!
Handbrake cables have seized now too. That’s going to need the interior stripping out to get the old ones out I think, oh and the rear discs and pads are on their last legs, and the dampers are getting tired and the top mounts are knocking, and it needs a new PS4 on one corner . . .

Anyone want to buy a lovely RS250?

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Quick update: replaced the flexi hose and that seems to have fixed it. ‘Twas a right bd of a job though. Had to put a repair on the hard pipe in the end, damaged it trying to get the seized nut loose. Two weeks of soaking in Plusgas achieved nothing!

[Dog Star]

v9 said:

Quick update: replaced the flexi hose and that seems to have fixed it. ‘Twas a right bd of a job though. Had to put a repair on the hard pipe in the end, damaged it trying to get the seized nut loose. Two weeks of soaking in Plusgas achieved nothing!

Glad you’ve sorted it - and thanks for coming back with the solution (so many don’t).

[Bobupndown]

Dog Star said:

finlo said:

I've often heard of an internally collapsed flexi hose preventing the return of the fluid though I've yet to encounter it.

This.

Had it happen on the rear of a Peugeot 405 (not yesterday) both rear drum brakes dragging and overheating. New flexi and new brake shoes sorted that.