Long story short, noticed I was losing brake fluid. Waited for dry weather to check which corner of the money-skip had a leaky piston.
Couple of very wet weeks passed, very few miles but another top up needed, so with dry undersides I had a look/feel. All good.
Working back up the system, eventually found fluid on the abs pump rear face. The pipe that runs abs to o/s front (which was replaced for the MOT prior to my buying the car) was not clamped securely by the fitting, had been disturbed during some recent work, and now was not sealing.
Tried to nip it up to no avail, (there was no movement on the nut) so undid it to find there was no flare on the end of the pipe. The only thing stopping it firing out the fitting when the brakes were applied was a bit of burr on the end.
Replacement pipe - £4
Fitting - an hours cursing, scratched wrists and backache.
Look on the local motor factors face - Priceless.
At least thats one less fluid working on a constant loss basis.
Steve
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