Hi Folks,
There we were, waiting to go on an outing into the Domboshawa Hills just North of Harare. I look at another vehicle (SWB Landcruiser) and ask what the fluid under the car is. That was just aircon water. The my wife says what's that coming out of our car (300Tdi Discovery). First look under bonnet revealed a small split in the header tank seam, but further investigation showed red fluid (ATF) coming from somewhere near the power steering box (box not pump). We couldn't see where it was coming from, but probably from the top. I reckon about 50ml of fluid came out at a steady drip. Managed to buy some more ATF at a nearby garage, and checked levels, and leak seemed to have miraculously stopped. Two days later, no sign of a leak.
So where would this of come from? Why just the one big leak, and then OK again? My thought is that for some reason we got a pressure build up and the oil got forced back past the input shaft seal. Anybody else seen anything like this before?
Merry Christmas to all our posters! Cheers! Graham Carter Harare Zimbabwe