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Mechanic lifted my Taurus today. Power steering fluid leaking all along the bottom of the car. Says the bump is leaking. Bummer, but better than a front main seal. There may be other oil leaks, but it’s hard to tell while the bottom of the car has atf on it.
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My damn Taurus is leaking again To date I have had the valve cover and intake gaskets replaced as well as the crank seal. I also tracked down a coolant leak to the lower radiator hose clamp that was loose. I had the car engine bay cleaned and checked for leaks prior to my Arizona trip. Now that the trip is over, and having put over 900 miles on the car, oil is starting to drip on the floor. Even before the previous repairs, oil was not visibly dripping on the ground. I'm taking her in on Monday to see where the leak is coming from. It better not be the timing chain cover.
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2 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:
If you wanna find it yourself, you can put some of the UV leak stuff into your vehicle, and then use a UV flashlight to look at it.
I could do that, but my shop hasn't been charging to do these leak checks. They steam cleaned the engine for free, I drove it around for a day or to and returned it with no evidence of leaks. Again they didn't charge me for that. Even if I find out what it is, I'm going to have them do the repair, so why spend money on a leak test kit? I'm probably also going to have them do rear shocks on the car depending on how severe/how expensive it is to repair this leak.
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3 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:
I could do that, but my shop hasn't been charging to do these leak checks. They steam cleaned the engine for free, I drove it around for a day or to and returned it with no evidence of leaks. Again they didn't charge me for that. Even if I find out what it is, I'm going to have them do the repair, so why spend money on a leak test kit? I'm probably also going to have them do rear shocks on the car depending on how severe/how expensive it is to repair this leak.
You could also look for any location that's wet with oil under the hood.
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Put 32GB of RAM in my desktop rig. 16GB was just too little. My system would be pegged at near 90% memory usage while playing World of Warships, having a YouTube video up, and having Discord open. 32GB is now overkill, but at least there is plenty of breathing room.
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2 hours ago, DrMacintosh said:
32GB is now overkill, but at least there is plenty of breathing room.
Imo, 32gb is the mid-high end now, and 16gb is mid-low
If someone asks me to spec a new PC, I'd totally suggest 32gb for the PC to last the next five years
I've personally been using 32gb for past three years as 16gb wasn't quite enough for me already then, but I also understand I'm more demanding than the typical user in term of computing headroom needed
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Sadly, my Taurus just keeps leaking. Confirmed a coolant leak today after driving home from work. It's really disheartening to keep taking a car to the shop, fixing something, only for something totally unrelated to start leaking again shortly after. It appears to be a loose fitting, and its a pretty slow leak. Have to just watch it until next week when I can take it in.
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When you gas up, pop the hood and make sure you have water in the overflow.
I'd do this until you are sure there is no more leak.
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1 hour ago, RoseLuck462 said:
Don't give up on it!
Well, it still has not leaked since I took it in and the guys pressure tested it. So atm, everything is fine.
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