windyboy

Originally posted in "Brakes and exhausts" but got no replies and a few reads, maybe I asking the wrong questions but I thought I'd post it in here to get the wider audience.

My car failed the MOT this morning on a couple of things, the main thing being that there were dents in the rear brake pipes on both sides, the pipes weren't bent but they did have indents on the pipes from where the MOT man says that the rear roll bar had been hitting against them. Is this usual or has anybody else heard of this ?

I've been thinking about this and just though it was strange that the indents were on both pipes in exactly the same place on each side, could these indents be by design ? or has the roll bar been hitting against them and will they need replaced ?
I tried googling for pictures of brake pipes but could find anything relevant.

It also failed because there was a rusted hole just in front of the off-side rear arch just beneath the passenger door that appear to be just surface rust until the MOT man poked his finger through it.

Windyboy.

windyboy

Why does nobody want to talk to me ?

That's it, I'm off to speak to the dealer on Thursday afternoon (huff huff !!)

Windyboy.

Phildodd06

Maybe the bushes on the rear anitroll bar need changing, sounds like something has worn/broken

And the hole, if you put tape over it, it will pass the mot, the reason it failed on that is because of the sharp edges.