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Old 09-14-2007, 10:22 PM
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Just a suggestion......... Your reservoir is plastic and that double wire-like clamp that holds the reservoir to the bottom part is supposed to straddle the o-ring and shouldn't be over-tightened. If it is, it will distort or crack the plastic and it will leak there. Likewise, the hose clamp should not be over-tightened or it will distort the plastic and leak. It may leak at the wire clamp and the fluid runs down the bottom and looks like it is coming from the hose. This happened to me and I had to buy a complete new unit to fix the leak. If they sent a new bottom and o-ring and the reservoir isn't distorted and you didn't scrunch the hose clamp too tight, you should be OK. The o-ring will seal fine without over-tightening, likewise the hose clamp if it is positioned above the bulge in the plastic tube.

Paul
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