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what is this thing? #52633 01/31/02 08:46 PM
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OP 1funsvt Member 1 Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 383	an oil return line? whatever it is, looks like it's leaking. the whole side of the motor is covered in oil. http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/ec97ed05/bc/car/contour+oil+line.jpg?bc0Whq8ATCetT2t4

Re: what is this thing? #52634 01/31/02 08:51 PM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,481 The land of FOC enforcers and ... I Icey Mike Member
Icey Mike Member I Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,481 The land of FOC enforcers and ...	How can someone help when they cant access your briefcase? Make access available to public and repost link. 99 Range Rover 4.6 HSE Mystery Car??????

Re: what is this thing? #52635 01/31/02 08:57 PM
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OP 1funsvt Member 1 Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 383	the best I can tell, it is shared. I am dumb and don't know how to post a pic directly. Can I e-mail you the jpg for you (or someone else) to post for me? thx.

Re: what is this thing? #52636 02/01/02 02:40 AM
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,419 Conshohocken, PA P PA 3L SVT Member
PA 3L SVT Member P Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,419 Conshohocken, PA	Here ya go Looks like the fuel return line to me. Try turning the key to ON without starting the engine. That will pressurize the fuel line. See if it still spews then. Look at it this way: at least E0 #389 still has its original motor! 1998 Silver Frost SVT Contour born on...8/28/01[/i] American Iron Shootout Radial Tire 2 Class Champion, Cecil County Dragway April 20, 2002

Re: what is this thing? #52637 02/01/02 02:50 AM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 3,636 Belleville, IL USA J javaContour Member
javaContour Member J Joined: May 2000 Posts: 3,636 Belleville, IL USA	Your Power Steering pump is under the engine mount, so I'd say that is a power steering line. HTH TB Tony Boner Personal: 98cdw27@charter.net Work: tony.boner@sun.com Saving the computer world from WinBloze as Unix/Solaris/Java Guru http://www.sun.com 1998 Contour SVT Pre-E1 618/6535 Born On Date: 4/30/1997 Now with Aussie Bar induced mild oversteer.

Re: what is this thing? #52638 02/01/02 03:09 AM
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OP 1funsvt Member 1 Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 383	thank you, gentlemen. Whatever it is, I will try to tighten it. The power steering thought is an interesting one...I just had a "moaning" PS pump, which was the result of low fluid level in the PS reservior. If that line is a PS line, and it's loose, there could be my loss. thx.

Re: what is this thing? #52639 02/01/02 04:21 AM
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,419 Conshohocken, PA P PA 3L SVT Member
PA 3L SVT Member P Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,419 Conshohocken, PA	My bad, that is definitely PS fluid system there. Hope the pump isn't bad, Service CD says removal of engine mount required. 1998 Silver Frost SVT Contour born on...8/28/01[/i] American Iron Shootout Radial Tire 2 Class Champion, Cecil County Dragway April 20, 2002

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