Catman <catman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>SteveH wrote:
>> Woody <paul.woodsford@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, Can anyone advise on the most common cause of leaking power
steering
>>> fluid on a 53 plate Alfa 147 1.6TS?
>>>
>>> Thanks to anyone able to help/advise.
>>
>> Good question - I had a 155 that drank a full reservoir per week of the
>> stuff and never found the leak. Neither did Catman when I sold it to
>> him, or the person who bought it off him....
>>
>> I suspect it was dripping from a union onto something hot and burning
>> off instantly.
>
>Didn't someone say the hose actually became ****ous, so it seeped out
>without actually dribbling (possibly by hitting the manifold)
>
Mine (53 plate 147 1.6ts) had a split hose; fluid ran out overnight
onto the floor, but didn't leak (much, anyway) when the engine was
actually
running. AA couldn't find the leak at all, topped it up, gave me a bottle
of
fluid, and suggested I drove it to a garage asap. It was under warranty
at the time... happy days...
The split hose in question was, as I recall, hard to see behind a cover,
and it was a twin moulded one (figure of 8?) two hoses alongside each
other.
dom.
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