Brake hose broken?

[pel]

Greetings all.
I had just picked up my car from having the undercarriage rust treatment.

Driving home I noticed the brakes were weaker than normal.

This is what I saw when I got home.

Can anyone tell what’s happened here? I suspect it’s a broken brake line or hose

Any ideas will be appreciated.

Regards.

 

[Trunk Monkey]

Looks more like a CV boot is torn and flinging grease/water. You can reboot them with a kit.

 

[pel]

Thing is, it’s been very dry here and I haven’t driven over any puddles ? What is this stuff then?
The AHC was turned off when I picked car up. I turned it back on and tested it worked ok. I hope it’s not that.
Also, last MOT did advise that brake pipes were excessively corroded.
Perhaps the needler may have broken the already corroded lines?
The brakes had only been done 3weeks prior and were sharp prior to picking it up today and it was noticeably weak that I had to apply lots of pressure on the pedal to stop at a T junction.
I will book the car in at the garage for a look.

 

[planomateo]

What is this stuff then?

Grease.

Probably got grease on the rotors/pads.

 

[Trunk Monkey]

This part is the CV axle boot. It is full of grease. It's likely got a tear in the seam that water has gotten into, mixed the the grease, and from the centrifugal rotational of the axle while driving, is spraying in that pattern around the wheel well.

 

[YotaWagon]

Unless this is very coincidental timing, I think whoever was doing the treatment damaged the CV boot.

 

[abuck99]

The grease inside the oem cv axle looks like peanut butter. Whats flung on your knuckle looks uncontaminated- like it happened last day or two- kinda doubt the undercoating guy could do anything to split the cv applying fluid.

With age and miles they fail and split sometimes. Usually happenes on a high mile stock truck after cranking up the torsion bars.

 

[pel]

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This part is the CV axle boot. It is full of grease. It's likely got a tear in the seam that water has gotten into, mixed the the grease, and from the centrifugal rotational of the axle while driving, is spraying in that pattern around the wheel well.

Makes sense. I wonder if this has anything to do with the check engine light that is now on?

 

[pel]

View attachment 3357152

This part is the CV axle boot. It is full of grease. It's likely got a tear in the seam that water has gotten into, mixed the the grease, and from the centrifugal rotational of the axle while driving, is spraying in that pattern around the wheel well.

Thanks for the advice. Looking to book car in with a good independent. Funny enough last time I booked car in with Toyota (in Rayleigh, Essex, UK) they didn’t even have the software to accurately diagnose an issue! Cos the car is of a certain age! Had to come here to find a specialist that sorted it in 5 minutes!
Love this forum.

 

[pel]

Can any Uk members recommend a decent mechanic local to Essex county UK please
Cant get hold of Issay at London diagnostics ! No calls or emails getting through.