Help... Hydraulic fluid leak ..... Just had her worked on!
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11-01-2009, 17:10
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Help... Hydraulic fluid leak ..... Just had her worked on!
Hi Bluebird Kids,
We took Blue out today for a propane fillup and had a great time and JUST wanted to keep DRIVING... somewhere... anywhere... She is great. BUT on our return, we slipped her back into her space and got her up and leveled. Then as we were finishing up, Captain D (my husband) saw hydraulic fluid on the ground around the front curb side tire. (our hydraulic fluid fill is in the step in the entrance). We had gotten the hydraulic system worked on and they said it was good but needed a service... so they cleaned her up, put in new seals, and topped off her hydraulic fluid. Now today was the first trip since we drove her back from the hydraulic system work was done. ANY IDEAS out there? THANKS IN ADVANCE ![]() Light -91 40'PT WB in the Santa Cruz Mountains in California until we get a chance to get "her" out on the road for our first trip (vacation trip) since bringing her home from Kentucky... |
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11-02-2009, 02:04
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Help... Hydraulic fluid leak ..... Just had her worked on!
If you had the HWH jack system worked on, they may have put too much oil in the
reservoir. HWH told me that if I overfill it, don't worry, because the excess will be expelled. It's hard to read the level with their fill plug gauge. Someone told me to use a small dowel, screw driver or some other small diameter object, stick it down in the reservoir and check how much is in, compared to the total depth. Before I had my jacks serviced at HWH in Iowa, I had overfilled it and had a spot of oil under the coach for about 2 or 3 months. MoreyZ 99LXi41 GA |
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11-02-2009, 02:08
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Help... Hydraulic fluid leak ..... Just had her worked on!
Light
It is very probable they overfilled the reservior and when you used the jack system it spewed out.
Check the level of the tank
Fred & Jeanne Hulse
Morristown Arizona 1997 Wanderlodge WLWB41 |
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11-02-2009, 03:23
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11-02-2009, 03:43
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Help... Hydraulic fluid leak ..... Just had her worked on!
With the jacks retracted, the tank oil level should be 1" from the top of the tank.ÃÂ
Curt Sprenger 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing" Anaheim Hills, CA On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 7:23 AM, R E BRAKE <"putneyflash@bellsouth.net"> wrote:
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11-02-2009, 14:14
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Help... Hydraulic fluid leak ..... Just had her worked on!
now the vent needs to be cleaned if that is where it escaped or the jacks will
begin to retract slowly. It could also be that the vent is plugged and the retracting fluid pressurized the reservoir and pushed fluid out a non pressure side hose clamp????? the level will rise when the volume of oil increases.: if it was serviced with 1 inch from the top (as some one suggested?) and if after working the jacks and again retracting, the level rises or overfills, there is too much air mixing with the hydraulic fluid. this happens when 1-two fluids are incompatible or 2- not proper makeup or 3-if the pump sucks air. volumn also increases when the pump bearings are shot and heat the fluid up, but that will not happen when you retract as the pump doesnt run Greg --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Light Ltenergy@..." wrote: > > Hi Bluebird Kids, > > We took Blue out today for a propane fillup and had a great time and JUST wanted to keep DRIVING... somewhere... anywhere... She is great. > > BUT on our return, we slipped her back into her space and got her up and leveled. Then as we were finishing up, Captain D (my husband) saw hydraulic fluid on the ground around the front curb side tire. (our hydraulic fluid fill is in the step in the entrance). > > We had gotten the hydraulic system worked on and they said it was good but needed a service... so they cleaned her up, put in new seals, and topped off her hydraulic fluid. > > Now today was the first trip since we drove her back from the hydraulic system work was done. > > ANY IDEAS out there? > > THANKS IN ADVANCE ![]() > > Light > -91 40'PT WB > in the Santa Cruz Mountains in California > until we get a chance to get "her" out on the road for our first trip (vacation trip) since bringing her home from Kentucky... > |
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11-02-2009, 14:40
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Help... Hydraulic fluid leak ..... Just had her worked on!
THANKS ALL who gave us ideas on the probable reason for the hydraulic leaking
out. We will look into all suggestions AND thanks for the answer to what the required fluid quantity should be... One inch from the top... THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH... THIS GROUP is the BEST... We are newbies and read our blue box and blue books... but sometimes it's hard to get all the info. We hope to meet you all in the near future! Hugs, Light --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Light Ltenergy@..." wrote: > > Hi Bluebird Kids, > > We took Blue out today for a propane fillup and had a great time and JUST wanted to keep DRIVING... somewhere... anywhere... She is great. > > BUT on our return, we slipped her back into her space and got her up and leveled. Then as we were finishing up, Captain D (my husband) saw hydraulic fluid on the ground around the front curb side tire. (our hydraulic fluid fill is in the step in the entrance). > > We had gotten the hydraulic system worked on and they said it was good but needed a service... so they cleaned her up, put in new seals, and topped off her hydraulic fluid. > > Now today was the first trip since we drove her back from the hydraulic system work was done. > > ANY IDEAS out there? > > THANKS IN ADVANCE ![]() > > Light > -91 40'PT WB > in the Santa Cruz Mountains in California > until we get a chance to get "her" out on the road for our first trip (vacation trip) since bringing her home from Kentucky... > |
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11-03-2009, 11:21
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11-03-2009, 19:12
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Help... Hydraulic fluid leak ..... Just had her worked on!
Thanks for jumping in to help Gary
![]() --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, GARY MINKER > > Some of the leveling systems used regular 30 weight oil and not hydraulic oil. Use of hydraulic oil rotted the seals out. > Gary > > --- On Mon, 11/2/09, Light Ltenergy@... > > From: Light Ltenergy@... > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Help... Hydraulic fluid leak ..... Just had her worked on! > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Date: Monday, November 2, 2009, 9:40 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > THANKS ALL who gave us ideas on the probable reason for the hydraulic leaking out. We will look into all suggestions AND thanks for the answer to what the required fluid quantity should be... One inch from the top... THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH... > > > > THIS GROUP is the BEST... We are newbies and read our blue box and blue books... but sometimes it's hard to get all the info. > > > > We hope to meet you all in the near future! > > > > Hugs, Light > > > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@ yahoogroups. com, "Light Ltenergy@ " > > > > > > Hi Bluebird Kids, > > > > > > We took Blue out today for a propane fillup and had a great time and JUST wanted to keep DRIVING... somewhere... anywhere... She is great. > > > > > > BUT on our return, we slipped her back into her space and got her up and leveled. Then as we were finishing up, Captain D (my husband) saw hydraulic fluid on the ground around the front curb side tire. (our hydraulic fluid fill is in the step in the entrance). > > > > > > We had gotten the hydraulic system worked on and they said it was good but needed a service... so they cleaned her up, put in new seals, and topped off her hydraulic fluid. > > > > > > Now today was the first trip since we drove her back from the hydraulic system work was done. > > > > > > ANY IDEAS out there? > > > > > > THANKS IN ADVANCE ![]() > > > > > > Light > > > -91 40'PT WB > > > in the Santa Cruz Mountains in California > > > until we get a chance to get "her" out on the road for our first trip (vacation trip) since bringing her home from Kentucky... > > > > |
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