Hey guys,
I was doing a basic inspection of the cruiser today. Found that I had low oil, dipstick was at the bottom of the crosshatching, top of the "L". Oil was changed 7-1-19 and 3k miles ago. Is this cause for concern? I know there's something verrryy slowly leaking around the oil pan but never had more than a few drops on my driveway over 10 months.
Next, my power steering dipstick was totally dry. Looked in there and the fluid was nowhere near clear, it was milkshake brown. I'd been noticing leaking around it for a few months. It already had old fluid stuck on the reservoir and pump but it was obvious when there was dark fluid on top of my A/C compressor a few months after a fresh compressor was put in. Looked it up, says it's brown because seals or other rubber components have dissolved into the fluid? Should I order a seal kit for the pump/reservoir, replace the seals, and flush the system? The pump works fine, I have great power steering and it's a reman that was put in 3/25/02 @ 141,679 miles, along with a gearbox. Pressure hose replaced and PS flush at 3/29/04 @ 172,271. Last service was "power steering fluid replaced" 7/31/10 @ 201,905. It was put in storage at that time and I'm guessing stuff dried up in the pump and reservoir. There's also been some very jackass engineering on the power steering hose, with it wrapped around the pump and sitting dangerously close to a belt. so I'll have to figure out how to fix that. See attached pictures.
Thanks in advance!!!!!!
I was doing a basic inspection of the cruiser today. Found that I had low oil, dipstick was at the bottom of the crosshatching, top of the "L". Oil was changed 7-1-19 and 3k miles ago. Is this cause for concern? I know there's something verrryy slowly leaking around the oil pan but never had more than a few drops on my driveway over 10 months.
Next, my power steering dipstick was totally dry. Looked in there and the fluid was nowhere near clear, it was milkshake brown. I'd been noticing leaking around it for a few months. It already had old fluid stuck on the reservoir and pump but it was obvious when there was dark fluid on top of my A/C compressor a few months after a fresh compressor was put in. Looked it up, says it's brown because seals or other rubber components have dissolved into the fluid? Should I order a seal kit for the pump/reservoir, replace the seals, and flush the system? The pump works fine, I have great power steering and it's a reman that was put in 3/25/02 @ 141,679 miles, along with a gearbox. Pressure hose replaced and PS flush at 3/29/04 @ 172,271. Last service was "power steering fluid replaced" 7/31/10 @ 201,905. It was put in storage at that time and I'm guessing stuff dried up in the pump and reservoir. There's also been some very jackass engineering on the power steering hose, with it wrapped around the pump and sitting dangerously close to a belt. so I'll have to figure out how to fix that. See attached pictures.
Thanks in advance!!!!!!