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Customer complained that there was a lot of smoke from exhaust. The engine oil was about 10 litres overfull. I did a quick service and left. Got a call an hour later they had no hydraulics. Oh oh. This morning I pulled the hydraulic pump and sure enough the pump seal had blown out and was pumping hydraulic oil in to the crankcase.
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-Troy
  • Posted 3 May 2012 02:27
  • By troy_m
  • joined 13 Sep'08 - 112 messages
  • Ontario, Canada
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