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| fordnut1988 |
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hi all my ef mont has formed a oil leak its dropping to the ground but i have noticed a bit of oil on the plastic tray under the serpetime setup at the front any ideas?
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| bry40l |
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could be the front main seal, or the timing cover,or is it more like a power steering oil leak?
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| fordnut1988 |
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bry40l wrote: could be the front main seal, or the timing cover,or is it more like a power steering oil leak? i dont think it would be the power steering as the swith and that was done recently how much roughly would the front seal or tinming cover be? if i got it done at the mechanics? |
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| fordnut1988 |
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could be power sterring actually as there is a fair bit of oil over the alternator but also a bit on bottom of sump??? this has got my f**k lol
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| phongus |
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Remove the plastic under tray and give the area a clean...after a few days see where it's coming from. Also remove the belt shroud at the top to see if it can be coming from the rocker cover.
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| fordnut1988 |
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im 99% sure its power steering fluid as my powersteering level is down
 off to the car doctor tommorow
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| evxr6 |
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Good idea. Because if you have a leaky power steering pump, you could end up with a fooked alternator.
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Age: 36 Posts: 122 Joined: 21st May 2010 Ride: 1997 EL Ford Fairmont Ghia Location: Brisbane |
my alternator is on its last legs because it has been soaked in oil that a leak on the front of the rocker cover. This has put oil on that bottom splash guard as well. Take of powersteering shroud and have a look. It will be very obvious if that is where the leak is coming from.
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| bry40l |
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my power steering leaks and ends up below at the front of the motor aswell, dont have the money to fix mine at the moment and the car isnt registered yet so im not worryed until i get rego out of the way, ill just clean it before inspection, but yes they can stuff your alternator quickly, mine just decided not to work one day on my fairmont, luckily i wasnt out anywhere and i had another 2 spares to choose from and had it going after a few days when i could be bothered to change it lol
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| fordnut1988 |
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thankyou everyone for your replys it turned out to be a fuked rocker cover gasket but the car has always had heavy steering it has a new switch no squeals and a new belt any ideas?
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| louie0408 |
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Age: 36 Posts: 122 Joined: 21st May 2010 Ride: 1997 EL Ford Fairmont Ghia Location: Brisbane |
if your tyres are bald it will make the steering feel heavier. I assume this would also be the case with fatter tyres as the steering system has more contact with the ground to overcome. If its low on fluid top it up, your pump may be getting tired as well. Mine works brilliantly when the car is cold, but onec at operating temp it can be very heavy and the pump whines like a dying animal.
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| fordnut1988 |
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tyres are brand new stock size as its on stock mont rims (205/65 R15) and power steering pump has not lost any fluid since the switch was replaced and there is no whining but i didnt run pretty low on fluid a couple times when the switch was broken
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| revcore |
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fordnut1988 wrote: thankyou everyone for your replys it turned out to be a fuked rocker cover gasket but the car has always had heavy steering it has a new switch no squeals and a new belt any ideas? Power steering pump will most likely need replaced.
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| fordnut1988 |
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revcore wrote: fordnut1988 wrote: thankyou everyone for your replys it turned out to be a fuked rocker cover gasket but the car has always had heavy steering it has a new switch no squeals and a new belt any ideas? Power steering pump will most likely need replaced. this is what im thinking its not real heavy just a bit heavier then my old ed sedan |
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| fordnut1988 |
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Hey guys just a bit of an update fitted new rocker cover gasket yesterday and drove down to GAB1`s place todat to grab some goodies for my mont and notice the car was pissing out oil again so me and gab started to pull stuff apart amd found the problem the damn timing chain cover is leakng so will be fixing that tommorow as well as putting my new water pump and a good second hand power steering pump on will kepp you all updated with the outcomes
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