Removing and installing front brake hoses — AUDI
Removing and installing front brake hoses on Audi: 11 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Renewing a front brake hose on the vehicles with the platform codes listed below (2K0, 2C0). It is a short job, but the hydraulic system is opened, so it ends with bleeding. With the wheel off, a bleed bottle goes on the caliper bleed valve, the valve is opened, the pedal depressor is applied and the valve closed again; that keeps the master cylinder from emptying through the open union. The hose comes off the caliper at its bolt, then off the rigid brake line, and finally the clip is pulled so it can be slid out of its brackets. The point that catches people: the new hose must go in without twist, held by its clip, or it will rub and fail.
🧭 Before you start
Remove the wheel, fit the bleed bottle, open the bleed valve, apply the pedal depressor and close the valve. Release the hose bolt at the caliper and the union at the brake line, pull the clip and remove the hose from its brackets. Fit the new hose in reverse order with the clip preventing twist, remove the depressor, bleed the brakes and refit the wheel.
Fits: VW Caddy III (2K, 2004–2015); platform code 2C0
- Opens: brake fluid
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- Apply the brake pedal depressor before opening the hose unions.
- Secure the new hose with its clip so it cannot twist.
- Bleed the brake system before the car is moved.
- General practice: renew sealing washers on the caliper connection and check the hose clears suspension at full lock.
Written for this job from the workshop steps below · TorqFix editorial.
📋 Procedure
- Remove wheels.
- Connect bleeder bottle hose to brake caliper bleed valve and open bleed valve.
- Apply brake pedal depressorV.A.G 1869/2.
- Close bleed valve and remove bleed bottle.
- Release bolt (arrow) from brake caliper.
- Release brake line (2)(arrow) and pull brake hose (1) away downwards.
- Pull off clip (1) and remove brake hose (2) from brackets (direction of arrow).
- Install brake hose in reverse order; secure in position with clip to prevent twisting.
- Remove brake pedal depressorV.A.G 1869/2.
- Bleed brake system .
- Fit wheels.
🎬 Related video tutorial
Independent AUTODOC tutorial for the same job, filmed on a different model (A6 C5) — the technique carries over, the fasteners and figures on this page are the ones for your car.
How to change front brake hoses on AUDI A6 C5 TUTORIAL
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