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honestjoe · Jul 10th, 2011, 19:03

Hi all..took a trip up to oxford from canterbury yesterday for a friends party..The car ran like a dream all the way there..my very last braking as i parked up the old bus found me with a rock solid brake pedal and no brakes..about twenty minutes later tested brakes and they had returned..After reading this useful thread i checked the hose and yes it was almost completely blocked..(collapsed inner wall one end)..It seemed the heat from under the bonnet and age reduced this pipe to almost a putty..I shudder to think what might have happened if i had of been coming off a motorway slip road to meet a roundabout..My bad and straight down to main dealers tomorrow.With the nature of the issue and intermittance could it be anything other than just the hose.?.Cheers hj.

Jul 10th, 2011, 19:03	#8
honestjoe MY 240 DRIVES ME! Last Online: Today 05:53 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: ashford kent	Hi all..took a trip up to oxford from canterbury yesterday for a friends party..The car ran like a dream all the way there..my very last braking as i parked up the old bus found me with a rock solid brake pedal and no brakes..about twenty minutes later tested brakes and they had returned..After reading this useful thread i checked the hose and yes it was almost completely blocked..(collapsed inner wall one end)..It seemed the heat from under the bonnet and age reduced this pipe to almost a putty..I shudder to think what might have happened if i had of been coming off a motorway slip road to meet a roundabout..My bad and straight down to main dealers tomorrow.With the nature of the issue and intermittance could it be anything other than just the hose.?.Cheers hj. Last edited by honestjoe; Jul 10th, 2011 at 19:05. Reason: I"m just so relieved!!