My civic sprung a gas leak and when i looked underneath all the lines are in really bad shape, all crusty rusty and corroded looking. So i bought OEM replacements for my car, and im going to attempt to replace them myself because the local shops would charge me $1200-$1400.

I have been told its very time consuming and pain the in butt. So im seeing if any of you guys have replaced them before and could give me some tips or any information to make it easier or things i should look out for when replacing them. Im just kinda worried about how im going to weave the lines through bc there pre-bent.

i appreciate any help/information you guys can give me

 

I think they just come up from the bottom after removing the bracket clips that hold the lines to the underside of the floor. You will likely need to raise the car on a lift, not just ramps or jack stands, in order to have enough space.

 

i ended up cutting the old lines out, but thing is tryin to feed the new lines where it goes from the bottom of the car to under the hood; there is little opening where there is no room for me to weave em thru because the lines are pre bented at all sorts of angles

 

I'm about to do the same thing. I was planning on bending some cheap wire to mimic the brake line to figure out how to thread it in.

good luck and lemme know how it goes!

 

yea i let you know bc its a big pain in the butt and i guess no body really done it before or atleast with OEM pre-bent lines

i got all the lines out, me and buddies are thinking about taking the subframe out bc we believe it would give us enough room hopefully to feed em through, we tryed rotating/spinning the line through but it wouldnt go through

if anyone else knows better, or suggestions, or indepth details post it up

once i get the lines installed i will make a new post on "how to replace your gas/brake lines" for people who are in my situation

 

you consider chopping the lines near the hole and putting in a union or something?

 

I am in the same boat, Son came home the other day and said the brake light had come on, checked the level of the brake fluid in his 1998 Civic DX, and it was almost empty, looked at the drive, and sure enough, oil drops. Checked and it seems to be right in the middle of the car between the front and rear axles, in that tunnel of 5 lines (brake and gas) . I can't seem to see any connections, so I assume that it goes from under the hood, all the way back in one piece. :-( maybe good for building a car, but not for repairing one. can a brake line be repaired by just cutting out a rotted section? the Honda lines seem to have some kind of paint on them, which might make compression fittings a no go. Anyway, can't afford to take it anywhere, is the car scrap? $2,000 for repairs like one person was quoted might just 'total the car' sigh.......

 

Ok, I checked and found that compression is illegal in NY and not really a good idea anyway.
So I read up on flare fittings, and flare tools, but there are different kinds, hmmmm.....
Does anyone know what kind of brake lines a 98 Civic uses? Is it a metric double flare?
Bubble flare? or what? When I walk into the auto parts store, which kind of Brake line do I need, even if I decide to replace it from the Master cylinder all the way to the rear drum piston? All help appreciated. Son finished his last day of Summer college course for his AA degree, so some of the pressure is off but he still needs transport for his part time job. I am not in a hurry, but could use some help from the forum. Thanks

 

Should be ordinary metric double flare. Never try to splice brake lines with compression fittings. A bad idea on gas lines too.

 

the lines go all the way without a fitting. If one rusted through you'll probably at least kill the other one when you pull off that annoying plastic tray they sit in, if not the fuel lines too. (if your car has the tray...)

Mine were rusted pretty badly from front to back so I just ran new brake lines. I don't remember the specs but if you take an end to the auto parts store you can match it.

here's my post if you end up doing that:
https://www.hondacivicforum.com/foru...s-my-ek-89442/