Just when I thought I had fixed all the suspension gremlins (I even installed diodes!) all my LHM was dumped today to the ground.
The leak comes from just fron of the rear-left wheel (passenger side for the UK, drivers side for me). Any common leak spots there? Will I be lucky and only have to replace/patch some low pressure return hose?
I lost enough LHM to start losing steering in a 30 minutes drive to my place. Leak started after I had left my parking spot at work so I pressed on after checking that the handbrake did stop the car
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Up in that area Ekaftan, you have the Hydractive sphere block and hard/soft electrovalve.
Have a check of the block and especially the electrovalve leakage return pipe. I've a feeling there is a "Y" junction in this area to link a couple of leakage return lines into one. It never fails to amaze me how much LHM a disconnected leakage return line can spill.
Have a check of the block and especially the electrovalve leakage return pipe. I've a feeling there is a "Y" junction in this area to link a couple of leakage return lines into one. It never fails to amaze me how much LHM a disconnected leakage return line can spill.
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The return from the rear hydractive starts off in rubber, then joins onto a hard plastic pipe above the LH side of the rear subframe - this join relies on the friction between a smooth plastic pipe and the rubber hose only to keep it together . If the valve gets a bit leaky, then the flow can blow the joint apart - and it can lose a lot of LHM quite quickly. Access is poor, but improved by removing the spare wheel and carrier. Fitting the pipe back together is a pig - a pair of long nosed pliers through the hole in the subframe helps. I secured mine by fitting cable ties either side of the joint, and wiring them together
Might not be your trouble, but worth a look as a starting point.
Might not be your trouble, but worth a look as a starting point.
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Tiewraps were not good enough... it started leaking 10 minutes after leaving the house monday. I removed the fuse for the hydractive ECU and it does not leak, will try again next weekend, now replacing the hose from the valve with a longer one and adding a hose clamp...ekaftan wrote: Its now supported in a couple of tiewraps.