Well today I had another L494 in for rear brake pipes,a my14 last year when it was MoT’d they were a advisory (not by me) so the customer asked me to fit them before I MoT’d it so it doesn’t fail on them.To be honest I’m testing 10-15 year old cars with better brake pipes,so if you have a early L494 get them checked before the go.Its the pipe that fastens to the top suspension arm & could be missed by a tester.Also a big thanks to Advanced Factors (site sponsors) for supplying another set of brake pipes.

 Andy.
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Replaced loads of them too. Little frightening that the pipes on a 4 Yr old car has worse pipes than many, much older cars on the road

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Best to take the wheel off if you can’t get it in the air,look in between the air bag & top suspension arm & that’s the pipe.It is bad DM,I couldn’t believe it when mine went in for service & the said my rear brake pipes were corroded,like I said before I’ve got 10-15 & even older cars coming in for MoT with brake pipes like new.


 Andy.
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4yrs is pretty bad! They must be made of Chineseum alloy I mean - I had the same advisory on my car, but at 10 years old that doesn't surprise me particularly.. at 4 years old I'd be shocked. 2014 BMW 530d Touring, 2006 BMW 650i, 2018 Mini Cooper S

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Best to take the wheel off if you can’t get it in the air,look in between the air bag & top suspension arm & that’s the pipe.It is bad DM,I couldn’t believe it when mine went in for service & the said my rear brake pipes were corroded,like I said before I’ve got 10-15 & even older cars coming in for MoT with brake pipes like new.

Hi Mate , Whats involved in fitting this pipe , my wifes offside burst last night

Easy enough to do if your mechanically minded,pipes goes from body in front of wheel fastens to top suspension arm & down to calliper.I bought my brake pipes from Advanced factors which are site sponsors for a lot less than LR dealers. Andy.
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Thanks, is it metal from the caliper then flexi and then metal again ?

Yes metal to flexi that’s the pipe.Itscthe metal bit that fastens to the arm that corrode.

 Andy.
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Thanks again
Offside sorted - nearside next and rear pads

Thanks for the post, excelent.

My indy has told me to get on with this work too. After only four years I'll be doing it as a precausionary measure.
Q: Any ideas on how to improve things so that the new pipes last longer? (Shirnk wrap, electric grease???)

ID

Cover them in grease & they will last longer. Andy.
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Only the rears, or should one replace all 4 corners? --
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Only the rears seem to corrode on the L494. Andy.
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