[s-cars] j hose starting to leak

[Tom Green]

Steve,

My first thought was to write "where do we find these idiots?  Who could
ask this list if it is ok to just let my car leak?"  "I hope it leaks  
all over your
father-in-laws new concrete driveway."

But, I see this is an honest question so I will stifle that  
impulse.  : > )

You will find that the mess made by leaking hydraulic fluid will far  
exceed
any gain from putting it off.  This fluid will soften every hose and  
bushing
it touches and will reach the rear differential with only a  
surprisingly small
leak. It's just a hose with two ends; how hard can this be?  It also  
sounds
like you aren't going to get your hands dirty on this, so why not just  
call
Carl Hatcher at Carl's Foreign Car Service and have him take care of it.
He can probably arrange a rebuilt hose, maybe even from the list  
favorite,
Spokane Hose.  You don't want to buy a new hose.

If you don't know Carl, he hosts the UrS cars get-together in August, so
owns s-cars.

http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?event=URJRWGREDSLQIYPEDLSW&inviteId=LMUXLLPULOTTTKNQLXRK&showPreview=false&x=539696703

It usually does not go total blowout, but it can leak a lot of fluid.   
Isn't this
the stuff that provides power steering and brake boost?  You should try
the brakes without any boost sometime if you don't think it's important.

Tom






> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 16:13:00 -0700
> From: "Steve Voit" <stevevoit at comcast.net>
> Subject: [s-cars] J hose starting to leak
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> Hi S-Heads:
>
> My 95.5 (120k mi) S6 is starting to experience a leak from the 'J  
> hose' on
> the high pressure hydraulic circuit.  My question is this:  is this an
> urgent repair, or can I watch it and take care of it in the next few  
> months?
> Is the failure mode a catastrophic leak?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve V
>
> Seattle