[s-cars] Mystery Oil Leaks and Power Steering system questions

[Brian DeWyngaert Jr]

Ian,
     I don't know exactly what they did, b/c i didnt watch them
perform the operation, I had to be at work.  I was told they dropped
the hoses off the resivoir, drained it, ran the BG conditioner through
the system and refilled with 11.7 pentosin.  I have deterined that the
weeping return hose  connection on top of the p.s pump is the source
of my wee P.S. leak.   I am going undue the hose clamp so i can
inspect the hose and the nub it connects to further.  I may need to
find a replacement if this one had been buggered.  Thanks for tip
about the chisel.  I was also reading the 2002 posting concernin the
sourcing of the part @ NAPA, since i have no chisel to grind i think i
will just wander in to Napa and see how long it really takes the guy
to look up this part #.

cheers,
brian
94 S4 NoVa.

On 3/28/06, iain.atkinson at tesco.net <iain.atkinson at tesco.net> wrote:
> Did the shop who did the flush put in the correct pas fluid or was it red atf???? The seal and X ring are available if it is the sel that's gone, i had a leak from that plug on mt S6 and all i did was tighten it done, ideally you need a big draglink socket to do this however a home made tool (ground down chisel) worked for me.
>
> Iain
> >
> > From: "Brian DeWyngaert Jr" <brian.dewyngaert.jr at gmail.com>
> > Date: 2006/03/28 Tue AM 12:16:04 BST
> > To: audifans <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> > Subject: [s-cars] Mystery Oil Leaks and Power Steering system questions
> >
> > All fellow s-listers,
> >    I have a wee engine oil leak, that seems to be splattering oil
> > above, below and to the sides of the oil pressure sender.  So my
> > question is, could this be a leaking pressure sender or something more
> > devious?
> > Surprise I also have a wee leak in my Power Steering pump.  This leak
> > seem to be coming not from the top X screw, but on the opposite from
> > which the X screw sits.  I am also seeing signs  weeping on the PS
> > pump where the return hose, to the overflow tank,  connects to the PS
> > pump.  This all started oh 8 or so months ago when I had my PS system
> > flushed by a local shop.  I fell for the sell on the BG system P.S.
> > flush.  In my case it was more out of desperation since, I accidently
> > hooked my motive power bleeder full of ATE super Blue up to the P.S.
> > Resivoir and successfully power flushed brake fluid into the resivoir
> > and ended up with P.S. fluid in my motive bleeder tank.  (a rather
> > embarassing situation, I might add since i had only had the car for
> > umm a couple months. I chaulk that experience upto not double checking
> > what I was about to do before I did it. anywho)  I think i may have
> > damaged the seals inside the P.S. pump.  I have seen the list traffic
> > that recommends spokehane <sp> for rebuilding of the J-Hose, but do
> > they do P.S pumps as well or are there alternatives?  Thanks for your
> > help in advance.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Brian
> > 94 S4 - NoVa
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