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Date:         Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:04:28 -0400
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: is power steering fluid generic?
In-Reply-To:  <BAY125-F21063A8A9DDCE0E2236951A05F0@phx.gbl>
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This sounds likely. I'll keep looking for intermittent leaks.

Thanks, everyone who replied!

Joy

:::-----Original Message----- :::From: Dennis Haynes [mailto:d23haynes57@hotmail.com] :::Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:25 PM :::To: hecht.joy@GMAIL.COM; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM :::Subject: Re: is power steering fluid generic? ::: :::They run just inside of the chassis rail past the sliding door area. The :::steel lines get pin holes and the return line has a hose coupling between :::two sections. Intermittant leaks are usually the return line. ::: :::Dennis ::: ::: :::>From: Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@GMAIL.COM> :::>Reply-To: Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@GMAIL.COM> :::>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM :::>Subject: Re: is power steering fluid generic? :::>Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:01:24 -0400 :::> :::>Yeah, but it was visibly and rapidly dripping fluid with the van parked :::and :::>the engine off, six weeks ago when this happened. :::> :::>Do the power steering lines run right under the sliding door? :::> :::> :::>J. :::> :::> :::>**************************************************************** :::>Joy Hecht :::>now living in a real house in northern Virginia :::>and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon :::>now living in the driveway and resting after two and a half years :::>lugging Joy and her stuff around... :::> :::>For musings about life traveling in the van or living in one place: :::>http://www.joyhecht.net :::> :::>**************************************************************** :::> :::> :::> :::>:::-----Original Message----- :::>:::From: Mike Collum [mailto:collum@verizon.net] :::>:::Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 8:54 PM :::>:::To: Joy Hecht :::>:::Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM :::>:::Subject: Re: is power steering fluid generic? :::>::: :::>:::Joy, :::>::: :::>:::You could have a pinhole leak in the high pressure line which is :::small :::>:::enough that no fluid escapes until you turn the steering wheel all :::the :::>:::way to the left or the right (into the "Stops"). When the wheels are :::>:::turned to their extremes, the pressure is much higher than when you :::are :::>:::driving normally. :::>::: :::>:::Mike :::>::: :::>::: :::>::: :::>:::Joy Hecht wrote: :::>:::> So I don't know what the problem was, or whether I have a problem :::now. :::>:::Any :::>:::> brilliant ideas? What would drip from right under the slider, :::between :::>:::the :::>:::> two right wheels? And be oily? And have stopped dripping?


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