Bob_in_Chicago

Been there. Took 2hours to clean up with brake cleaner & a roll of paper towels. Luckily no lasting damage. I'll replace the hose with a silicon one ASAP.

SH || NC

After you rebuild, or buy new, you can slide some protective covering over the hose at the bottle fitting, to keep it upright and prevent it from kinking. You know, you sometimes see it on garden hoses at the spigot to keep them straight; same concept.

Van

What are you doing over here in 944 land?

SH || NC

I saw 'Motive', and I experienced a hose failure as well, so wanted to throw in my 0.02

KLR

Wow, as if there isn't enough to worry about with the cars, now the tools need maintenance too. How long had you guys had your powerbleeders before this happened? Mine's about 5-6 years old and the hose still looks good. I guess I should add this to my winter to do list.

Tom M'Guinn

Mine was about 5 or 6 years old, although I did notice the hose would tend to kink right at the bottle. Never dawned on me that it might burst like that at the kinked point, but in retrospec it should have...

I'm still a big Motive fan and plan to replace it or rebuild it. The old pedal pumping routine may be best for brakes, but the clutch slave just doesn't bleed well without pressure or vacuum.

Bob_in_Chicago

4years old. Probably stressed the tubing by wrapping around top to put it back in the original box.

azmi951

I just replace the hose on my motive every few times. the hose is super cheap.

User 41221

I had one of the failures that Karl was talking about. Not only did it do a fantastic job of covering my pristine 968, it also sprayed brake fluid on both of my Harleys, so needless to say, I wasn't pleased. I haven't bothered repairing my Motive, I am replacing it with one of the vacuum draw bleeders that Karl mentioned.

Regards,

Skip Wolfe

Same thing happened to me this summer. Luckily I was standing there and was able to put my hand around it and keep it from making too much of a mess. Hose was not kinked - just discolored from the fluid which I assume weakened the material over the years. Would think if you replaced the hose every couple years you'd be fine.