ABC over pressure in resevoir
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ABC over pressure in resevoir
After work I noticed a large puddle of hydraulic fluid on the ground. I got the car home with no warning lights and when I opened the hood I saw hydraulic fluid all around the drivers side. As I was looking around to try and find the cause fluid started violently spewing out of the dipstick handle. As i hurried to clean it up it happened again. First time was easily 20-30 seconds! I haven't had any warning lights at all and haven't worked on anything ABC related in a while. Only thing I noticed on the drive home was it was riding very stiff.
Anyone experience this?
Anyone experience this?
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After work I noticed a large puddle of hydraulic fluid on the ground. I got the car home with no warning lights and when I opened the hood I saw hydraulic fluid all around the drivers side. As I was looking around to try and find the cause fluid started violently spewing out of the dipstick handle. As i hurried to clean it up it happened again. First time was easily 20-30 seconds! I haven't had any warning lights at all and haven't worked on anything ABC related in a while. Only thing I noticed on the drive home was it was riding very stiff.
Anyone experience this?
Anyone experience this?
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Is definitely possible. I did replace the accumulator sphere that is on the passenger side by the steering rack about a month ago. I'm not sure how many others there are. The rough ride does feel like an accumulator sphere issue. I will have to look into where the other ones are and get them checked out.
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Try dropping the static reserve level of the ABC fluid in the reservoir to the min level marked on the dip stick.
I have experienced that any more than this in the reservoir will cause a mess and leaks out of the top presumably due to heat expansion of the fluid?
I have experienced that any more than this in the reservoir will cause a mess and leaks out of the top presumably due to heat expansion of the fluid?
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after speaking with my friends at the dealer they were pretty confident that it is the accumulators on the valve blocks front and back. i will confirm when i have time and money to fix
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