Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:29:33 -0500
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From: Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: PS leaking
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I *looked* today. It's one of the steel lines. They are both very rusty ( I
am in New England after all!). The spot over the right rear trailing arm is
where it's leaking, but it's not high pressure, so it must be the return
line. The hole is big enough to empty the reservoir in about two minutes
of run time. The pump-to-main line pressure hose and the reservoir hoses
look great.
Does anyone have some good used ones available (Scott)? How much would it
cost? I'm not so sure that I could buy 13 feet of Gates 250 psi
oil-resistant 1/2" hose locally.
Thanks, Mike B.
-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Condelli
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 7:08 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: PS leaking
See my <www.frankcondelli.com/hose.htm> webpage for explanations and
solutions.
On 2011-11-06, at 9:15 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
> My '87 Westy was parked for a couple of months awaiting repairs to the
> cooling system. I recently started it up to move it forward one space and
> it immediately dumped a large amount of PS fluid. It left an incredible
> mess in my driveway. I haven't crawled under it yet to look at the source
> of the leak, but it appears to be near the ps pump. I never had it leak a
> single drop of ps fluid prior to this. What is likely to be leaking? I'm
> guessing a hose, because I've read about leaks in the ps hose being a
> common
> problem on older vans. How much are these hoses to repair or replace?
> Could I clamp in a piece of tubing at the leak spot?
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Cheers,
Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 VW Westy, '00 Kawasaki 250 Sherpa, "98 Ducati 750 Monster & Lionel
Trains (Collection for sale)
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