[200q20v] Leaking hydraulics; not a hose or the rack.

[Kneale Brownson]

There's a green tag on the rebuilt pump I bought from Blau last spring for 
my 200q20v and there's a green tag on the pump I rebuilt for my 5ktq.  They 
look the same to me except that the one I got last spring for nearly $300 
has a nice, clean, black paint job.  The one I rebuilt a couple years ago 
for about $25 in parts is mostly unpainted.


At 07:47 PM 10/16/2000 -0500, Paul Waterloo wrote:

>You can get a rebuild kit for it....but don't both....and it is a different
>pump for our car...something like a green label?
>
>Paul
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kneale Brownson <knotnook at traverse.com>
>To: steve_scalmanini at agilent.com <steve_scalmanini at agilent.com>;
>200q20v at audifans.com <200q20v at audifans.com>
>Date: Monday, October 16, 2000 7:21 PM
>Subject: Re: [200q20v] Leaking hydraulics; not a hose or the rack.
>
>
> >
> >I'd bet your pump is leaking from one of the "mushroom" caps on the
> >underside.  This leak, if that's what it is, will just get bigger and
> >bigger  until suddenly it takes a reservoirful of Pento$in to go five
> >miles.  There supposedly is no reseal kit for the 200q20v pump, but, to me,
> >it looks as though that pump is identical to the one on the later 5ktq's,
> >for which there is a reseal kit that costs ~$25.  A remanned pump is close
> >to $300.
> >
> >At 02:52 PM 10/16/2000 -0600, steve_scalmanini at agilent.com wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Does anyone know how to troubleshoot a hydraulic leak that's
> >>not due to a hose or it's connections?  Mine started dripping
> >>~ a month ago. I replaced the return line to the reservoir (it'd
> >>been leaking veeery slowly for years, but never enough to drip) a
> >>week ago so now both it and the high pressure line are looking
> >>clean and sound, but the leak that started ~ a month ago continues.
> >>' seems to be coming from up high around the pump (maybe underneath
> >>it) but I haven't been able to see the source.  The three hose
> >>connections on top look fine.
> >>
> >>Does anyone know where the likely source is?
> >>What's the replacement effort like?  ' looks not simple to me.
> >>
> >>Steve
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