Brake light came on a couple of times, fluid was low, added quite a bit and a few days later it is low again. I went searching and found a leak about under the center of the car in one of the lines to the rear brakes. Not sure which one because of the plastic cover "protecting" them. I figure both should be in the similar condition so both should be replaced. They retail for $120-130 each and $80-100 online. They probably whack you for a couple of hours of labor so the dealer would cost about $400. If I order them and do it myself it sould run about $200. I have the time, and a back-up car to use, and I am a nuts and bolts guy but have never done this. I came in to come to this site so I did not scope out the rear area yet to look for any complications. Is this a major project? Any surprises coming my way? It looks like one line from the firewall to all the way to each wheel with no junctions, correct?

 

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Just replacing the brake line should not be that difficult.



About $90+s&h
Plus a couple quarts of fluid.

I would pick up a set or borrow a set of flare wrenches. These are an absolute must.

 

Couldn't you just patch the leak. JB weld.

 

Patch it? this is a pressure line. I would have to cut the bad piece out, flare the two ends and put a new piece between. That is cheaper but harder and the rest of the line might still be ready to spring another leak. A-Zone aftermarket lines appear to come in multiple pieces. They would be cheaper but I think that I would have to do a lot of bending. I wonder how they would ship OEM parts in that shape. Size is not the issue, I bought my exhaust from Majestic but that is not as fragile as brake lines would be.

 

Not to be a bitch, but have you double checked this? Cause unless something hit that part of the car, Our hardlines are pretty damn resilient, unless they've been exposed to a **** ton of salt, and possibly driven on a rock covered road every day, but its still very uncommon.

 

Thanks for responding.

When the brake pedal was pushed fluid came out like it was taking a **** exactly mid-car near where the 2 plastic guards come together. I did not want to mess with the lines and the fuel line and do more damage trying to get the guards off so I took it (had it towed) to a AAA approved repair shop to get my screwing. They pieced the line and when test driving it blew the E line at the right rear so that was fixed too, more money. I picked up the car last Friday afternoon and pretty much drove it straight home. On Sat evening I grocery shopped across the street from the same garage and when leaving noticed soft brakes and then they went to the floor. I could have just driven 500 feet to the garage but I was 3 miles from home, had groceries and it was in a rain storm so I limped home using the parking brake since it was all flat or uphill to my house. The next day I found that the new fitting at the rear wheel was leaking profusely through the threads! Was it cross threaded or the wrong size fitting? On Monday I called to express my opinion of the repair. They called a tow truck and fixed it no-charge, of course.

I think I will change out the left E line with a real pre-formed Honda line and maybe all the hoses also. Dual braking bullshit! It pumps up at first but when the fluid got low it kept going to the floor. It is too hilly here for that crap, I do not live in Miami. I was very lucky twice in one week

In retrospect, I would go to the Honda dealer next time and have them put the new line in from firewall to wheel, no extra fittings/junctions or other potential weak spots yet to blow.

 

why couldn't you just re-patch it. Cut out the bad section and just re-flare it.