Blew a brake line

"Echo51" (echo2047) 04/12/2018 at 15:13 • Filed to: None

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Was getting a feel for how grippy the summer tyres were, did panic stops, ABS kicked in, suddenly pedal went to the floor.

Oh well. on the bright side that’s the last of the steel lines, once i replace both of these they’re all copper now, and rather it blow half a km from home when dicking around on back roads than when you actually *need* to stop on the highway.

ttyymmnn > Echo51 04/12/2018 at 15:32

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At least you didn’t blow a seal.

Urambo Tauro > Echo51 04/12/2018 at 15:44

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Fun! Hope they’re not too hard to hard to get to.

Echo51 > ttyymmnn 04/12/2018 at 15:44

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Judging by the amount of oil coating the engine, it ain’t far off...

vicali > ttyymmnn 04/12/2018 at 15:47

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ttyymmnn > vicali 04/12/2018 at 15:48

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I was hoping somebody would get the reference....

Wacko > ttyymmnn 04/12/2018 at 16:11

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Echo51 > Urambo Tauro 04/12/2018 at 16:22

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Looked bad at first, but once it’s unbolted and out of the clips it was a decently easy pull!

shop-teacher > Echo51 04/12/2018 at 16:34

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Yipes! I have experienced that, it ain’t fun!

Echo51 > shop-teacher 04/12/2018 at 16:51

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Can imagine it sucking in traffic, but luckily was on the backroads and alone, so just gently rolled home

shop-teacher > Echo51 04/12/2018 at 16:55

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I was in traffic. Luckily it was a small enough leak, that I was able to nurse it home three miles.

gmctavish needs more space > Echo51 04/12/2018 at 18:16

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Reminds me of the time I got super lucky with my brakes failing. Back when I had an utter shitbox of an e30, I got in one morning, pushed in the clutch and brake as I was about to start it, and the brake pedal went straight to the firewall. Looked under the hood, no fluid in the reservoir. I was really glad it happened before I started moving, and not the night before, driving down a very long, steep hill, with 3 people in the car....

MM54 > Echo51 04/12/2018 at 19:21

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Awful feeling when the pedal drops, isn’t it? Glad it was in controlled conditions, though!

CTSenVy > Echo51 04/12/2018 at 22:30

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Ouch, lost my brakes about two months ago. One of the biggest Oh Shit moments of my life when the pedal went straight to the floor.

Echo51 > CTSenVy 04/13/2018 at 04:01

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Glad you’re safe!

Echo51 > MM54 04/13/2018 at 04:02

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Wasn’t that awful, more of a “wait what happend?” so i pressed it again and sat like “that’s not abs... OH” and drove home to wash the brakefluid off before it started eating paint too much