Noob doing OME install - H2O leak?

Bluto · 02-06-07, 04:04 PM

Just started doing the lift and Ive already have a potential problem.
While releasing the floor jack without the DS tire and the jack stands below the frame behind the L arm, I noticed a leak which has the characteristic of water leaking from a tubeline close to the bottom shock bolt on the right side of it.

What happened and should I continue on? DD and kids ride on my truck.
Pics shows where the tube/line runs and where it started leaking.

Line runs the left side frame, sway bar, into the bottom shock bolt area, and then spits into two along the front axle and the other next to the top tow bolts of ball housing.

TIA. Thanks Cruiserdrew
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NaterGator · 02-06-07, 04:06 PM

Did you overextend your brake line? I've not done an OME lift but it seems like a distinct possibility.

Then again, if you for some reason had just run your AC it could be condensation.

Bluto · 02-06-07, 04:12 PM

Okay did an unscientific test on the liquid.

Compared it to brake fluid using paper napkin. Soak one end and the other with the fluid in question.

The brake fluid has a sheen on the napkin while the fluid in question is not.
Also hard to tell by feeling but liquid in questin does not feel greasy.

Bluto · 02-06-07, 04:21 PM

Hd to stop and look at the FSM Name: 50176508v2_240x240_Front12366666.JPG
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Okay what the heck is with the water or liquid? If its the sensor what the heck was water dripping from the line. Oh well looking at it again, the liquid in question just dissipated.
Any comments please add. Thanks.

Trunk Monkey · 02-06-07, 04:27 PM

Check your brake lines - just have someone pump the brakes and look around the area - if there's a leak you'll see it.

TiredIronGRB · 02-06-07, 04:29 PM

Probably just water in your cowl and when you let the jack down it sloshed out.

Bluto · 02-06-07, 04:39 PM

Pump the brakes like mad - no leaks especially where the liquid came out. Since it came from the main tube (then split into two) of the sensor, Im going to say its water that got in the tubing somehow somewhere. Ill continue on.

Thanks. If anybody has any suggestions Ill check this thread while Im doing this install since the sun is falling. Ill follow up once Im done.

Thanks MUD.