Pentosin leak found, cheap laptop closet cleanout mania

[Kneale Brownson]

At 02:42 PM 11/24/2002 +0000, Mike Arman wrote:


>Where oh where is the pentosin going? . . . noticed a *new* leak, line of
>drops on the pavement after parallel parking.
>
>Opened hood, looked around carefully, nothing visible, just the normal
>not-too bad underhood grunge.
>
>Started engine . . . one of the X caps on the PS pump is fizzing merrily
>away - leaky O ring!
>
>Which probably explains autocheck complaining sometimes on startup but not
>others, even though the green gold level is good - the leaky O ring leaks
>air into the pump as well as pentosin out of it.
>
>Fortunately, this one is easy to get to - and the others don't leak, is it
>possible I'm going to have a quick, easy fix for something on my type $$?

In my limited experience and based on the reports of others who've done
them regularly, if the O ring under one of those caps has hardened enough
to leak, the rest of the O rings in the pump are likely to be in a similar
condition.  You're best bet probably is to pull the pump and reseal it.