Three Thousand Five
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Afternoon folks :wink:
Had a nasty moment with my 3500 'Degsy' a couple of weeks back when one of the PS hoses sprung a leak in heavy traffic, luckily I was only a few yards away from our works car park and managed to get in there safely... liftng the bonnet it turned out to be the longish hose which is secured by a clip over the front of the block, but it was hidden by the cowling on top of the radiator. Not having anything in the car to get it sorted I called the AA and the young chap who came out managed to tape the hose up ok, it all seemed fine when I fired her up again but as soon as I turned the wheel the PS fluid got the better of the tape and sprayed itself all over the engine bay (assisted by the rad fan of course!) so I ended up going home with Degsy on the back of an AA flatbed. Closer investigation revealed said retaining clip had somehow worn through the hose.... now the time has come to fix it and I'm wondering if I need a specific replacement hose or will a generic alternative suffice, and where is the best source to buy one from...?
I've never had to carry out any work of this sort on any of my P6s so far, so any help would be gratefully received folks.... cheers!
Nidge :wink:
Had a nasty moment with my 3500 'Degsy' a couple of weeks back when one of the PS hoses sprung a leak in heavy traffic, luckily I was only a few yards away from our works car park and managed to get in there safely... liftng the bonnet it turned out to be the longish hose which is secured by a clip over the front of the block, but it was hidden by the cowling on top of the radiator. Not having anything in the car to get it sorted I called the AA and the young chap who came out managed to tape the hose up ok, it all seemed fine when I fired her up again but as soon as I turned the wheel the PS fluid got the better of the tape and sprayed itself all over the engine bay (assisted by the rad fan of course!) so I ended up going home with Degsy on the back of an AA flatbed. Closer investigation revealed said retaining clip had somehow worn through the hose.... now the time has come to fix it and I'm wondering if I need a specific replacement hose or will a generic alternative suffice, and where is the best source to buy one from...?
I've never had to carry out any work of this sort on any of my P6s so far, so any help would be gratefully received folks.... cheers!
Nidge :wink: