[V8] abusive relationship

[Ed Kellock]

Yes, that mineral oil can make quite a mess.  I cleaned mine last
night with a bunch of simple green and the hose with the front end up
on ramps.  It had been leaking a little bit for a long time so the
area was pretty grungy.  On my Avant, it had been leaking a little bit
for so long that it has pretty much broken down the front driver's
side subframe bushing.  Now that it's nice and dry, time to do
busings, etc.  With 233k, it's probably time to just rebuild the front
end.

Unfortunately I have two greasy spots in the street in front of my
house because of these two cars with pentosin leaks.  Once I have the
V8 fixed up and dry, I'm going to try to clean up the street a bit.

Ed

On 7/19/07, Ingo Rautenberg <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dave,
>
> Please make sure to clean the area well, as this is where IIRC
> hydraulic leaks have attacked the wiring harness --  and fried a few
> of them. No need for another fried V8!
>
> On Jul 19, 2007, at 4:12 PM, d saad wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I think Spokane Hose is a great company - but make sure to tell
> > them to
> > weld on new hose barbs. If they don't, the likelyhood of a leak is
> > high.
> > Something about the barbs not being big enough for their hose and
> > equipment. In fact, this is probably why the OEMs all leak after a
> > while.
> >
> > If a hose does fail, they stand behind it though.
> >
> > btw, my
> > leak is at the connection of hardline to rack section. It went from
> > a few
> > drips to gusher in a few days. The other section has already been
> > rebuilt.
> > (three times - last time they put on a new hose barb)
> > Also, this oil
> > has soaked the left wheel well and is causing all the undercoating
> > to fall
> > off. Under the car it is dissolving the undercoating. I hope it
> > does not
> > attack the new suspension bushings I just put in.
> > I am using the
> > Chevron RYKON 32 oil.
> >
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> > The bugaboo with our hoses being rebuilt locally is the metric
> > fittings.
> >
> >> Be sure in your phone shopping that you mention the
> > application.
> >>
> >> Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com>
> > wrote:  > Ed, check the yellow pages for a
> >> hydraulic shop
> > near you (such as the
> >>> ever-famous spokane hose) -- I had a
> > couple of my hyd. lines rebuilt
> >>> locally for something like
> > $20 per. Looks great, top notch job, etc.
> >>>
> >>
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