[s-cars] Fumoto Valve and Michelin Man Issues

[Dave Forgie]

Richard and Paul:  I wish. No, its from "port" through which Fumoto loads the
chromed ball valve and nylon (?) seat into the brass valve body.  There is a
round flat plate held in by a C-clip.  This is where is is leaking.  Thanks for
the observations anyway.

Dave F.

Richard Tanimura wrote:

> I second that observation. My washer was leaking. But in my case, I had just
> not torqued the valve enough. I did that and it stopped.
>
> Rich
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Paul Gailus
> Sent: den 19 januari 2004 06:44
> To: Dave Forgie
> Cc: s-cars
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Fumoto Valve and Michelin Man Issues
>
> Dave, are you sure that the oil is leaking out of the
> valve itself and not at the washer? The reason I ask is that
> I had a problem with oil slowly weaping around the blue
> elastomeric washer that comes with the Fumoto valve.
> Repeated re-tightening didn't seem to help much.
> It seemed like the washer had hardened and lost its resilience,
> possibly from the heat and/or oil exposure.
>
> So I just replaced the blue washer with an OEM copper drain
> plug washer. There has been no leakage at all since this was
> done about 2 years ago.
> I did verify that the copper washer is softer than the
> brass Fumoto valve with a simple scratch test.
> So presumably the annealed copper washer will deform
> and flatten before the brass flange on the valve does.
>
> Paul
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dave Forgie <forgied at direct.ca>
> To: <kirby.a.smith at verizon.net>
> Cc: s-cars <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 12:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Fumoto Valve and Michelin Man Issues
>
> > Kirby:  No, its definitely the Fumoto.  As I lay there (car up on new
> > "Jack-all" Brand ramps with extensions - Thanks Santa), playing with the
> > Michelin Man, I wiped the Fumoto.  Two minutes later, it was "wet" again.
> > Okay.  Problem. (minor?).  But I will check the power steering pump
> reservoir
> > just because you've reminded me.  Thanks.
> >
> > Dave F.
> >
>
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