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honestly3k

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So car failed on a few things, incorrect bulbs, headlight alignment, empty washer bottle LOL

AND rear nearside brake caliper leaking.

So i whipped the wheel off and the piston seal is broken and leaking fluid, its not too bad but bad enough to notice and bad enough to fail.

So whats my best option?

Can i get a repair kit with caliper seal in it? If so from where?

Best off just getting a replacement caliper?

Not a bad result i guess just more f**king annoying than anything else, now i have to source yet another part, have it fitted etc etc, shes just like a woman this car, a constant leech on the wallet Guns

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Posted 17th May 2012 at 15:42

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anth

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Id just buy a rear caliper .

Posted 17th May 2012 at 15:46

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what did they mean by incorrect bulbs?? did you have hids in?

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Posted 17th May 2012 at 15:46

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honestly3k

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No, the side indicator incorrect bulbs - basically they were the right bulbs but over time the orange colouration has faded off and now they are clear, and illegal, apparantly....

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Posted 17th May 2012 at 15:48

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Empty washer bottle Crazy

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Posted 17th May 2012 at 15:50

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honestly3k

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mattgti6phase2 wrote:

Empty washer bottle Crazy

Im surprised that was a fail too but well.....its the least of my worries!

What TDI should i buy...... Cry

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Posted 17th May 2012 at 15:56

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mattgti6phase2 wrote:

Empty washer bottle Crazy

Bit of a schoolboy error that one. Yes

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Posted 17th May 2012 at 15:57

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honestly3k

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It ran out today, and well i didnt fill it up....

So Stan, can you get a repair seal or is it better to get a used caliper?

Thing is i painted my calipers yellow so if i can get a new seal i would rather do that as then i dont have an odd one out

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Posted 17th May 2012 at 15:59

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Can't imagine going to an MOT testing station that wouldn't just fill the f**king washer bottle up for you.

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I'm stopped for speeding on a daily basis but now the police are aware that I live for the 306 they dare not interfere, just sit in their cars quaking as I drive past.

Posted 17th May 2012 at 16:00

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you can get new seal kits Thumbs up

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Posted 17th May 2012 at 16:21

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honestly3k wrote:

just like a woman this car

What having a leaking back end?

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Posted 17th May 2012 at 16:26

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honestly3k

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welshpug! wrote:

you can get new seal kits Thumbs up

From Peugeot? Presumably i still need to bleed the system etc? Not a case of putting a new bit of rubber on and jobs done is it? Unsure

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Posted 17th May 2012 at 16:37

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Can't imagine going to an MOT testing station that wouldn't just fill the f**king washer bottle up for you.

I believe under the MOT rules they're not allowed to - they log when the MOT starts and finishes and aren't allowed to do any work to the car once they've started, even if they know it'll fail.

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Posted 17th May 2012 at 17:23

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honestly3k

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Seriously who gives a rats arsehole about the washer bottle, the only real issue here is the caliper issue and ive had 5 posts about an empty bottle?! Geeeze LOL

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honestly3k wrote:

Seriously who gives a rats arsehole about the washer bottle, the only real issue here is the caliper issue and ive had 5 posts about an empty bottle?! Geeeze LOL

That's because it's probably the most schoolboy MOT fail anyone's seen in a while Wink

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Posted 17th May 2012 at 17:27

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owain wrote:

honestly3k wrote:

Seriously who gives a rats arsehole about the washer bottle, the only real issue here is the caliper issue and ive had 5 posts about an empty bottle?! Geeeze LOL

That's because it's probably the most schoolboy MOT fail anyone's seen in a while Wink

Yes maybe but also a completely irrelevant one really so Meh

The fact that is is an actual real life MOT fail is ridiculous really, s**t i drive 35K a year and ive never died through not being able to wash my windows Doh

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Posted 17th May 2012 at 17:31

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honestly3k wrote:

The fact that is is an actual real life MOT fail is ridiculous really, s**t i drive 35K a year and ive never died through not being able to wash my windows Doh

Well not really, if you suddenly had a load of s**t sprayed on your windscreen and had no way of washing it off that'd be pretty dangerous for you and everyone around you.

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Yeah but just bleed that one caliper?

Make sure the bleed nipple is free before coughing up for a seal kit.

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Posted 17th May 2012 at 17:34

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owain wrote:

honestly3k wrote:

The fact that is is an actual real life MOT fail is ridiculous really, s**t i drive 35K a year and ive never died through not being able to wash my windows Doh

Well not really, if you suddenly had a load of s**t sprayed on your windscreen and had no way of washing it off that'd be pretty dangerous for you and everyone around you.

yeah i guess there is always that possibility of the milk floats on our roads causing me to drive around when i cant see following an incident! Roll eyes

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Posted 17th May 2012 at 17:35

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ballardpaul wrote:

Yeah but just bleed that one caliper?

Make sure the bleed nipple is free before coughing up for a seal kit.

Im a novice, never bled nothing before.....i think i'll just get in into a garage and have an aftermarket caliper put on

Its the easiest option

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Posted 17th May 2012 at 17:37

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The washer bottle fail, is most likely because there was other stuff it failed on too. I would guess if it was just the empty bottle and everything else was fine they would have filled it up.

Posted 17th May 2012 at 19:49

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honestly3k wrote:

ballardpaul wrote:

Yeah but just bleed that one caliper?

Make sure the bleed nipple is free before coughing up for a seal kit.

great advice!
Im a novice, never bled nothing before.....i think i'll just get in into a garage and have an aftermarket caliper put on

Its the easiest option

Yeah to change the seal is a s**t messy job have done a few, you have to push the piston out of calliper which will cause loads of brake fluid out f**king your yellow paint and skin then you will fit seal and come to refit piston which can be trickey to get it in square then you will think oh i need some sort of piston push back tool to get it back to refit calliper! the bleeding is the easy part just get someone to fully depress the pedal as you open ze nipple then release the pedal once you have shut nipple and repeat till all air is expelled!
just buy new calliper! Thumbs up

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Posted 17th May 2012 at 19:58

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owain wrote:

webster wrote:

Can't imagine going to an MOT testing station that wouldn't just fill the f**king washer bottle up for you.

I believe under the MOT rules they're not allowed to - they log when the MOT starts and finishes and aren't allowed to do any work to the car once they've started, even if they know it'll fail.

This is true also strictly speaking we cant even answer the phone when logged on! I HATE VOSA

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Posted 17th May 2012 at 20:01

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Stick a clamp on the brake hose before you do the seal kit or caliper. Then when it's done all you need to do is pull the fluid through that caliper.

You know it is an offence to drive around with an empty washer bottle! Plod can do you for it if there having a bad enough day!

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Posted 17th May 2012 at 21:57

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yes but dont use mole grips because you might f**k hose up!

Also when i had my 52 plate ibiza the washer bottle was very small like 1litre and during that really bad winter we had the misses wanted to go shopping like 20 miles away and roads were really dirty i could see feck all out of windscreen it was mad had to pull over! To clean windscreen! dangerous

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Posted 17th May 2012 at 22:08

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