5K Odd Hydraulic Leak

[james accordino]

It happened to me on the 89 200q within the last year.
 From the look of the fluid, I was "sure" it was the
connection you described.  I tighten that connection
to the lower hose.  And did it again.  And all the
connections at the pump.  And the hose union again.
The lower hose is leaking and under the high pressures
is spraying out through that foam type jacket as a
mist.  If you replace that lower, rubber portion of
hose to the bomb, I "guarantee" your leak will
disappear.  BTW, that is one of the cheapest hydraulic
hoses and readily available through Audifans vendors.

Jim Accordino

--- Steve Sherman <spsherm at attglobal.net> wrote:
> My 86 5KTQW has a hyd fluid leak in an odd place.
> The fluid apears to
> be coming out of the solid steel pipe that bolts
> onto the rear of the
> pump at or near the junction where this pipe goes
> down to the flex hose
> covered in foam. There are some fittings there and
> as I recall a value
> inside.  I've checked all the nuts at this junction
> and all are tight.
> I'm thinking about a posible failure of the pipe
> itself, perhaps where
> the nut is joined to it.
>
> Anybody out there seen this before, and if so where
> did you uncover the
> leak?
>
> TIA
>


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