Tomorrow morning at 7:30 I am going to try to repair my hydraulic leak with a bottle of BlueDevil. I used it to repair a cracked head on my Mitsubishi 3000gt and it worked like magic...(car barely ran, missing badly and smoke...put a bottle of BlueDevil in and drove the car up the grapevine (I-5) in california dozens of times since with no overheating and power) Since it worked so well on my 3000gt I think I am gonna try it on my cl500. Has anyone ever tried using a sealant on an ABC leak??? If so, what was the outcome? I will update my outcome. If it is good I am gonna ad a little oil stop leak just for good measure. It increased the power and speed of my 3000gt. My cl500 is fast this may make it faster?

 

The ABC system runs at pressures up to 200bar. Good luck!

 

Really?

 

This one is going to be interesting.....

 

This is a bad idea. If the ABC system is leaking there are only four primary reasons: bad strut due to a seal leak; flexible hose line leak; or hydraulic pump seal leak. You need to find out where it is leaking. I would look at the flexible lines because they are the first to go. Because the system is operating at 200 bar; a flexible line leak may not be obvious. The car has to be in gear and moving before the system initially pressures up.


Look at this link:http://www.gobluedevil.com/wp-conten...9_PNG_MSDS.pdf


I do not think this be kind to the synthetic mineral oil that is leaking. You will probably ruin the entire system. I would urge you to locate the area where it is leaking. I would bet the house, it is a flexible line leak.

 

This is about as good as the guy who wanted to fix his AIRMATIC strut with Fix-A-Flat. This can only end badly. At least it's a very inexpensive system to repair...........

 

I was just waiting to see how all this was going to end....

 

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I can't believe how much I laughed at this!

 

Update:
I was going through a quart a day of hydraulic fluid and yesterday morning I put 5 oz of Blue Devil ($24.95 32oz ) in the reservoir. Drove to San Pedro and around for an hour as directed. Stopped at Point Fermin to check the fluid...it was still full...and no puddle of fluid under the vehicle...I was shocked. I went home and packed for a road trip to central california and left last night. In central california now car is fine, there has be no leaking fluid or red ABC message on the dash. I still have my fingers crossed and that $5000.00 mb wanted from me in my back pocket...whewwww!!! If anything happens like leaks, computer message, or it blows up, I will post and update. Right now I am a very happy gold prospector!!! In fact, I am laughing out loud laugh guy, on my way to the casino...betcha i double that 5k in my back pocket...LMAO w/fingers crossed!!!

Oh, laugh guy, I have the utmost confidence in Blue Devil. In fact I am even going to put little of their Oil leak sealer(even though my car does not leak oil) and head gasket sealer(even though there is not head gasket problem) as a precautionary measure. Do you consider that "overconfidence"? I call it saving those Big Bucks for anything other than that big bad MB dealer, right now its the casino im giving my big bucks too. Oh, cheer up laugh guy!

 

Oh good, the OP is a gamblin man, I'm taking all bets! What will fail first? Will the filter plug up and starve the ABC system? Will the Pump lock up? Will the valve blocks plug up with gunk and debris? Anyone want some of these odds?

 

Isn't that what they used on the space shuttle to fix those pesky leaking o-rings?

 

I need to be real for everyone reading this thread Nobody do this. I think this is a internet troll for real. Either way. You will screw up every component of you car after awhile. Do not add aftermarket stuff to fix a abc leak. Just fix it. Again, no one do this .

 

Joking aside, when it comes to ABC I really wouldn't put my trust in a leak stopper. They're good for leaks with joints that have gaskets, o-rings and metal to metal seals. Now, ABC does have lots of those sorts of seals, but they're generally reliable.

The most common ABC leaks are from the crimped joints at the end of each flexible hose. Those sorts of fittings NEVER last forever in any application, and the hoses in the engine compartment suffer from heat and tend to fail faster than normal.

The pressure of the oil simply pushes the hose out of the crimped joint, which is only held in with deep ridges or grooves, which bite into the outer rubber sheath of the hose. The hose does have three layers of rubber and two layers of steel braid, but the crimp only bites into the rubber. This perishes and weakens with age, temperature, pressure and cycling, and will always fail eventually.

I can't see that a leak stopper will prevent the rubber from giving way. I think leak stoppers are effective when the mechanical integrity of the joint is maintained by other means, like a threaded metal nut.

We can only give the best advice from all our collective experience that we can.

Nick

 

I believe this guy is a troll as well, but at the same time I hope he's not, I wanna him post after the entire system fails and needs to be replaced lol

 

Hey Nick, thanks for the information. I appreciate your time. I an not sure where the leak was but it has stopped for the time being. I have driven approximately 400 miles now with out having to fill the reservoir. If and when the leak does reappear I will undoubtedly locate it and replace what ever part has failed. I am still in central california, so I hope it will at least remain leak free until I get back to LA. If and when it does I will update this post.

Not to call anyone names, but, Caferacer87, you are a big, fat, ugly TROLL...whatever that means...LMFAO!!!

 

LMAO...wtf is an internet troll???

 

Leak free at the casino....<br/>

 

Anyone can post a pic off the internet....


Look, I may be a patriot of doing things the right way and modifications to an extent that doesn't harm the system, but come from my perspective..


Internet troll= Someone that post something to complicate or aggravate innocence lives. An Example is basically the reason people are microwaving there iPhone 6's right now....


1. your a newb (internet lingo again) new to the site


2. You have a ABC system which was leaking, you tried a highly risking procedure and you don't even know what is wrong with the system nor any post before stating you had a problem. Just came on and said hi, put this in your car. do you even know where you leak was at?


3.These system's can easily clog. This isn't a high flow system with just a pump, Having the stuff in accumaltors and struts can cause some serious complications down the road. brown, black, or contaminated fluid causes failure in the entire system fairly quickly, There is a review online where a gentlemen spent over 8000 dollars having the entire system pulled out to have every piece dissembled, clean, and but back together because I what you did. My apologies for not having the link to that page but a lot of googling and you will find it...


Look, I hope this works out for you, but this is a risking situation that no one should try, not even remotely, What if one strut completely gives out at high speeds and drops that one wheel instantly and you lose control... If you came on here and was like hey, I have a 3000 dollar repair bill that says I need to do this this this, and then said im going to convert to coils but im going to try the 20 bottle of stuff, then I would be like cool, you have nothing to lose, your getting rid of it anyway. But, no history, no previous post, we have no idea of what your original problem was before. Yeah, I cannot condone this for others or let this post past my vision without telling others the risk.. My Friend, I do hope this works out for you, but, I have the feeling in 3-5k miles you will have no choice but to switch to coils because the struts and accumulators are going to fail....


If it means anything I think the pump and fittings might be ok with this stuff, but the other components, you just signed a death ticket. If the leak has truly stopped I would flush all that crap out asap, change the filter and then change the filter again in another 1000 miles and with the leak now fixed have the original fluid back in before anything bad happens. good luck .. NO ONE ELSE TRY THIS!!!!!!!

 

Hey bud, it's your money, use it however you want.

If you want to start treating your $10-$15,000 Mercedes like it's actually a Mercedes and not a $500 Ford Escort let us know. I was a Mercedes tech and I know a pretty fair amount about these cars. But I do not believe in cheap half-a$$ed repairs. Just my 2 cents. Happy gambling.

 

my car not some internet pic

 

I believe this is true

More power to you if it works !!! I used some power steering sealer in my jaguar and it actually sealed the leak!! So this might work

I do highly recommend you change the filter located in the abc fluid refill container - you sealed your leak but you dont want the filter to get plugged up with blue devil , that won't do any good

 

Now is probably a great time for a fluid flush and filter change