No brake fluid for 6 months - damage?

[Jewel25]

My Rover 45 has been sat outside for 6 months , with little or no brake fluid in it after suffering a brake failure. What likely damage will the cause , if any ?

[MikeR]

I have some volvo brake cylinder seals that have sat on the shelf for 10 years .. they are still ok

 

my main concern would be the normal binding and seizure of brakes from not being used

[jon928se]

Rust in the bores of the MC and calipers will likely fuck the seals on the first press o f the brake pedal.

 

If there is still some fluid in the reservoir you may be OK. Likewise if the failure was at one wheel cylinder but no fluid in the reservoir then the other three should be OK.

 

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[omegod]

if completely empty it'll be a twat to bleed

[Guest Hooli]

if completely empty it'll be a twat to bleed

Open all the nipples and keep pouring it in the top. Once you can't get more in go for a cuppa and repeat.

 

Or vacuum/pressure bleed.

[fordperv]

I'd be watching you don't fuck the seals in the mc due to corrosion in the bore when you bleed it up.

 

If you can pressure bleed it with something like an eezi bleed or one of those you pop on a compressor rather than pedal pumping as you won't be forcing the seal through the bore repeatedly past it's usual operation movement

[Jewel25]

Maybe I should just scrap it . There's a long list of jobs that need doing. Caliper , discs , pads , CV joint , sill welding , rear silencer , 2 tyres , air con regas , cambelt and failed caliper I suspect. 125,000 miles . Cosmetically the body work is excellent for a 18 year old car. I've been quoted around £900 for the work. Ideally also needs clutch slave and master but I have those in the garage. Time is an issue for me now , work , kids etc... Head gasket was done at 55,000 miles.

[fordperv]

It certainly looks nice in the pictures, why not roffle for scrap value?

[sierraman]

Why would you bother when the scrap man is at the end of the drive with £150 in his hands?

[Jewel25]

I'm starting to feel that way. It's been a lovely car for the last 8 years , but our 207 Mazda 6 2.0 petrol feels like safer more capable car , it still feels tight after 140,000. Eventually it'll need replacing so I'm probably best to save the money for that , rather than throw it at the 45.

[fordperv]

Why would you bother when the scrap man is at the end of the drive with £150 in his hands?

Because this is autoshite and someone may want to save the little beauty, these are one of the many common cars that were plentiful and disappear almost overnight

[alf892]

do the jobs over a couple of weekends yourself...……….not a lot of parts there.

 

worth keeping if body is good and certainly too good to throw away.

 

other opinions are available but they are wrong!

[drivewaymyway]

ROFFLE, ROFFLE, ROFFLE, ROFFLE, ROFFLE.. Come on, just roffle it, £3.50 a ticket or £2.50 a ticket ?? Whatever just roffle it, if there's no interest then chuck it on ebay as a 'Modern classic' for £5k..

[D Spares & Tyres]

As for the brakes, they may be damaged or they may be ok. Why has the fluid gone? If for instance one wheel cylinder is completely knackered and has lost all its fluid that way, can you not bleed the system through with new fluid? Then when that is done, on the offending corner you can clamp the flexi hose to stop fluid reaching the leak. If the pedal then feels ok then you can run it back and forth a bit to test it.

[fordperv]

Hey less of the carrot cruncher

[omegod]

They say you can't hate someone without having a little love for them, maybe you need to get a room guy's   o

 

 

 

Roffle the Rover, someone will save it !

[Jewel25]

Thanks for the replies.