Day off today, so went to have a tinker.
Thought I'd try some strut lubing, which as an aside seems to have been a success.
While looking at the nearside strut from the wheel arch end of things (with the wheel off), I spotted four(!) broken off ends of pipe, clearly all meant to have been attached to each other.
I include photographs of said pipes. One of them ("3" in the picture) looks like it has had a length of metal pipe patched in? Also a picture from the off side which is I assume what it should look like.
So, any thoughts on what to do. It doesn't look like the end of the world. Is it worth patching these, or new lengths?
I hadn't noticed any particular symptoms from the car, other than as I was taking the wheel off a few drops of LHM dribbled on to the floor.
![Image](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7151/6714026959_57ef6ab308.jpg)
IMG_1843a by Wooscary, on Flickr
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IMG_1846a by Wooscary, on Flickr
Cheers
Martin