Re: Brake Bomb question

[mlarosa@BayNetworks.COM (Mike LaRosa)]

Thank You Very Much Oran!!!


Mike L.

At 12:08 PM 2/9/98 -0800, Orin Eman wrote...
>> I have a friend with a 88 5000s Avant.  He filled his Pentosin
>> reservoir and noticed fluid foaming out the cap.  He put a new
>> rubber seal on the cap and his steering and braking became
>> easier.
>
>It usually isn't sealed.  The float has a pin which comes thru
>a hole in the cap, this is where the foam usually comes out.
>
>> After 2 days, the Power Steering pump sprouted a big leak...
>
>Foaming can mean a couple of things:
>
>1. The pump is sucking air in somewhere.
>
>2. The pump is dying.
>
>It is no surprise that the pump starts leaking after foaming at
>the resevoir - either it was dying to start with or (less likely)
>the lack of lubrication caused by sucking air has killed it.
>
>> Is there something else here that could be causing increased 
>> pressure beyond the normal pressure ?
>
>I doubt that pressure was increased...
>
>Orin.
>
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