clio 172 brake problems!! please help asap.

[mantis946]

When you say engine work, did it involve removal of the inlet plenum ? Sounds like the brake vacuum line could be opening up.

[steve!pax]

Hi engine work consisted of
cam belt kit
dephaser pully
auxillary kit
N/S/F Abs sensor
full service
Mintex rear discs pads bearing abs ring............bad move i would advise not to purchase these!

Well after alot of messing around i found out the abs rings on the rear discs were wrong with 48 teeth, bought some 44 toothed abs rings replaced and it sorted the problem
thank god flying towards a busy junction with no brakes is a bit on the scary side!

[markkram]

Mintex rear discs pads bearing abs ring............

Well after alot of messing around i found out the abs rings on the rear discs were wrong with 48 teeth

Had this recently when working on my mates 182. After fitting Mintex rear discs went for a drive and the dash lit up like a christmas tree after the back end locked up one wheel on a 30 - 0 brake test. Stripped it all down to discover the ABS rings were 48 tooth instead of 44. Fortunately I still had the old discs so swapped the rings over and all was good.

[steve!pax]

That's lucky I didn't have my old discs and had to really shop around to get 2 abs rings same day!!!

[Andy93]

Luckily I'm a hoarder and tend to keep old parts til I get forced to clear the garage out. Still ridiculously dangerous though!

[rallynut]

i think its a problem with the abs pump we've had them come in the garage with this fault ,,, an easy way to test is to take the abs fuse out the main fuse box in the engine bay on the passenger side ,, take it for a spin and the brakes should work fine

[steve!pax]

Apprently mintex had a dodgy batch of rear brakes go out
they changed supplier and they fitted wrong abs rings and quality control totally missed then!?!?
​o well!

[Andy93]

Apprently mintex had a dodgy batch of rear brakes go out
they changed supplier and they fitted wrong abs rings and quality control totally missed then!?!?
​o well!

It sounds like a load of b****cks by Mintex tbh mate. Anyway hopefully enough people see these threads and avoid brake failure. G172 is aware of it too