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Thanks for the great tips will give it a go over the next couple of days.

Yep its brake fluid, wasn't leaking when I took the wheel off, by the time I replaced the disc and pads its was though
even though I was careful not to move the caliper much, think it was the pressure of winding back the ...

Thanks for the reply, car does very little miles a year so to be honest the wheel hasn't been off since 2015 when disc/pads last replaced and that was done by a
garage, scary to think this was waiting to kill me at any moment and never picked up on any MOT's before, not sure why the offside is so ...

So my 2001 1.4 TDI went for the MOT and failed on general poor condition of disc/pads front and rear, went and got the bits.
Took the first wheel off, Offside Rear, and greeted by a brake pipe in seriously bad condition, as you can see in the photo even
though I was as careful as possible by the ...