More Hyd Fluid Leaking
Steve Sherman
spsherm at attglobal.net
Mon Jul 28 23:06:07 EDT 2003
About 6 mos back my 91 20v started making puddles of hyd fluid. Turned
out to be loose hose clamps on the return line from the bomb to the
fluid res. I tighten them both up and things were fine for 6 or so
months, until today. The brake light came on today and I noticed a
small puddle of hyd fluid under the car, dripping from the area of the
bomb again.
Made it home without any emergenies, and started to look into it,
expecting a loose hose clamp again. On first inspection, that was not
the case; both clamps on the bomb return line were tight. The leak does
seem to be coming from the area of the bomb, and I assume it is a low
pressure thing, as I do not hear or see a spray of oil when the car is
running. Could be a leak in the low pressure line, but that looked
pretty new when I inspected it last time around.
Any of this sound familiar to anyone? Any suggestions as to what to
look for once I get things cleaned up and up on the ramps?
TIA
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