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kemurg1028
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:19 am    Post subject: rubber brake lines won't let fluid through or air Reply with quote
any one else see this where a car has been sitting for some time and the rubber lines will not let anything through, I even tried the plastic tube off the brake cleaner can and it will not get through. It feels like there is a one way valve in the hoses or something and its on both sides.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very common. Hoses fail ... it's time to replace them.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I repalced mine with the stainless ones from aircooled.net
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 4:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Randy in Maine wrote:
I repalced mine with the stainless ones from aircooled.net


Note: Stainless on the outside but the rubber lines on the inside is the same...
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 5:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Joey wrote:
Randy in Maine wrote:
I repalced mine with the stainless ones from aircooled.net


Note: Stainless on the outside but the rubber lines on the inside is the same...


Unless it's a Teflon liner and not rubber
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