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wayne gibson
Newbie north canterbury tt
Posts: 1 Reg: 01-2006
| Can someone help me, me soarer has developed an oil leal which is dripping from the rubber bung in the chassis frame just forward of the left rear wheel. the oil is a light grade, odourless type which rules out engine, trans + brake fluid. i cant figure how it would get into there and can only think it is entering the frame rail up front. could it be A/C oil? |
Cihan Aday
TryHard Victoria JZZ30 Twin Turbo
Posts: 479 Reg: 07-2005
| Wayne =) Not sure what it could be exactly.. Could it be dripping from the boot where the breathers are? Neils probably right hehe |
wayne gibson
Newbie north canterbury tt
Posts: 2 Reg: 01-2006
| Nice try but no oil carried in the boot, thought it may have been from a leaking shock but the position is wrong |
Dan McColl
DieHard Victoria UZZ-32 V8 Soarer #138
Posts: 638 Reg: 07-2005
| Could be power steering?? As you said, entering up front. |
Wayne Gibson
Newbie north canterbury tt
Posts: 3 Reg: 01-2006
| the fluid is odourless and has the weight of brake fluid with a similar colour |
Dan McColl
DieHard Victoria UZZ-32 V8 Soarer #138
Posts: 659 Reg: 07-2005
| Oily water?? Possibly a leaking brake line between the master cyl and a rear caliper?? |
Peter Nitschke
JunkFilterer South Australia GT4.0 V8
Posts: 3022 Reg: 11-2004
| Leaky hydraulic jack in the boot? Trunk Monkey had a leak? |
Murray Allen
Tinkerer ACT JZZ30
Posts: 36 Reg: 07-2005
| lol @ trunk monkey! |
Wayne Gibson
Newbie north canterbury tt
Posts: 4 Reg: 01-2006
| no on the brake line, the master cylinder level hasnt dropped any and i have the factory jack in the boot |
Peter Nitschke
JunkFilterer South Australia GT4.0 V8
Posts: 3032 Reg: 11-2004
| KY Jelly tipped over under the back seat |
Dave Hart
TryHard Not Australia UZZ32
Posts: 211 Reg: 08-2005
| Peter, there's only one way you'd know that Wayne has KY Jelly under the back seat. |
Peter Nitschke
JunkFilterer South Australia GT4.0 V8
Posts: 3033 Reg: 11-2004
| From the description of the oil. |
Aaron Casey
Tinkerer nsw jzz30 gttl
Posts: 55 Reg: 08-2005
| did you carry anythin liquid in the boot? i had 5ltrs of oil in there once and the container broke and i had oil dripping out for weeks no matter how good i cleaned it!! was very annoying gettin told my car is leaking oil from the boot!! |
Wayne Gibson
Newbie north canterbury tt
Posts: 5 Reg: 01-2006
| have found the source, its anti-freeze. the heater is leaking and the water/anti-freeze is entering the frame rail, the water then evaporates and what is left is AF residue. Bugger now to fix the #### thing. |
Don Bagnall
Moderator New Zealand 1991 UZZ30 GT4.0 V8
Posts: 2234 Reg: 05-2005
| Hey Wayne, I hope it ain't leaking from the main matrix, coz that's a MAJOR!!. As in: It's a 2 day jobby, involving MAJOR amounts of cussing (if you're doing it yourself), or MAJOR amounts of bucks, if getting some other dude to do it for you |
Wayne Gibson
Tinkerer north canterbury tt
Posts: 6 Reg: 01-2006
| has anyone one seen a tutorial for getting to the heater core? |
Wayne Gibson
Tinkerer north canterbury tt
Posts: 7 Reg: 01-2006
| all done and dusted with new brass tank and regas of A/C for $800. not as bad as i feared. |
Don Bagnall
Moderator New Zealand I have LESS Soarers than Hayden :-(
Posts: 2308 Reg: 05-2005
| Excellent price Wayne.............I guess us KIWI'S can do it CHEAPER, than our Oz bretheren!
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