Inexpensive Pentosin substitute?

[Livolsi, Stephane]

Ben and Sean, I have had some luck with a mineral oil transmission leak
sealer in my 86 5ktq.  I plan to completely redo the hydraulic system in my
car "shortly", after which I will fill it with the proper stuff.  In the
meantime, I don't want to waste the expensive stuff and so I use a bottle of
this tranny sealer every couple of months, and I am running tranny fluid as
the hydraulic fluid. Before anyone gets medieval on me, I did a bit of
research and it is an 'acceptable' substitute, but obviously not ideal.  The
tranny sealer DOES WORK.  After a bit of driving, my system actually stops
leaking completely for quite a while, but then does start leaking again.
The tranny sealer that I bought was from Canadian Tire and labeled under
their proprietary Motomaster brand.  The bottle clearly labels it as mineral
oil.
You should be able to find something similar at your Can Tire equivalent
down in the States.

Good luck and HTH

Stephane

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> From: 	ben swann[SMTP:benswann at comcast.net]
> Sent: 	April 8, 2003 8:57 AM
> To: 	200q20v at audifans.com; quattro at audifans.com
> Cc: 	shoe007 at hotmail.com
> Subject: 	Inexpensive Pentosin substitute?
>
> Sean's car ('87 5ktqa) is down in FLA with bad leak in Power
> Steering/hydraulic system.  We are looking for a possible inexpensive
> substitute for Pentosin that will get the car back to MD where we can
> fix whatever is leaking.
>
> I recall seeing a post sometime back about one of common gas stations
> who sell high quality mineral oil by the gallon or so.  Can anyone
> advise - this car is using a pint every 100 miles or so?
>
> We have not been able to locate the leak, but it seems to be
> dripping/spurting somewhere in the middle on around the top of the
> transmission where it then gets vaporized quickly by the exhaust
> leaving not much trace - but a lot of smell.  Car has a rebuilt Jorgen
> rack, but don't know if that rules out the rack.
>
> Hope we can find some cheap source to get us through until the problem
> is fixed.
>
> TIA
>
> Ben & Sean Shoemaker
>
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