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(Message started by: Jonnycab on Dec 18^th, 2008, 4:56am)

Title: How absurd is that ?
Post by Jonnycab on Dec 18^th, 2008, 4:56am

As my Scorp is a licensed taxi, I always check all the fluid levels before I go to work, to make sure everything is fine ;)

Monday evening, checked under the bonnet & all levels were normal, so off I go.......

........2 hours later I get this strong smell of power steering fluid coming through the vents when I'm sitting on the rank ???

With torch in hand I open the bonnet & have a quick look inside. The P/S reservoir has dropped by nearly an inch (well below the min mark) & the engine under tray is full of P/S fluid under the pump. The pump isn't making any strange noises, so I check the steering gaiter, but it's dry as a bone.

Early night for me then :(....& check it out in the morning ::)

Tuesday morning......P/S fluid reservoir has dropped another inch & there is a pool of oil under the car, so stuck the front of the car up on ramps & removed the under-tray.

All I could see was an oil covered pressure switch, so my first thought was that it had come loose.....nope, it was still in nice & tight.....maybe the rubber O ring seal ?

So cleaned it all up with a cloth & carb spray & waited for it to start leaking again.

It only took about 10 seconds to start dripping again, but not from the seal.......It came from the multiplug :o

I pulled off the multiplug & the fluid just started dripping at a regular rate from the plug connection. On closer inspection, it was actually coming out from around the electrical pins ???

How absurd is that ?...have you ever heard of such a thing ?...P/S fluid leaking from the electrical connector on the pressure switch ???

Anyway, went up the breakers to get another one (which I found) & while I was there happened to look in the back seat of a scrap Scorp & there was a 2.3 manifold sitting on it.

Curiosity took the better of me, so I fished it out & couldn't believe it. Apart from being a bit dirty, it looked almost unused, with no splits or hairline cracks inside or out :D

I grabbed it & went to the office to pay for the items......he wanted a fiver for the switch & £40 for the manifold....offered him £40 for the two & he accepted....bargain I reckon ;)

One thing that does astound me though is, that someone had actually spent time removing this inlet manifold from a 2.3 & then just slung it in the back seat :o......How absurd is that ? ::)

....Oh well ::)...... their loss, my gain ;D

Title: Re: How absurd is that ?
Post by Highlander on Dec 18^th, 2008, 8:04am

Strange happenings indeed :)

Is the manifold possibly new and never been on?

People sometimes get so sick of cars and their problems they just throw the lot away, good and bad...

The last Scorpio i bought came complete with two new batteries a new alternator and a brand new set of quality jump leads.... the owner was just glad to see the back of it

Title: Re: How absurd is that ?
Post by Jonnycab on Dec 18^th, 2008, 4:28pm

The manifold had deffinately been used 'cos the sensors & t-stat are still in it, but I don't think it had been used for very long.

Maybe your right Stuart, someone replaced the manifold, but it still didn't sort the problem, so gave up :-/

Still can't get my head around the fact that someone had removed it from the engine & then just slung it in the back..... ???

Title: Re: How absurd is that ?
Post by lube-o-rific on Dec 18^th, 2008, 5:44pm

My scorp dropped all it's oil through the oil pressure switch last month. I had FMD change the switch as I couldn't get the old one off. :o

I was astounded that the oil was coming out of the pin on the switch too!

Title: Re: How absurd is that ?
Post by Mottsy on Dec 18^th, 2008, 8:14pm

can someone please either tell me where the presure switch is or show a picture. I've has a slight leak from the power stearing for a whiloe now and it might be worth my checking.

Thanks

Mottsy

Title: Re: How absurd is that ?
Post by Highlander on Dec 18^th, 2008, 8:50pm

Its on the steering rack drivers side, not hard to find, it has wires going into it