Oil leaking out of power steering reservoir and ADS.
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This is a 1997 Mercedes SL600 V 12 engine. The power steering ADS reservoir started pissing out oil from the small pin hole on the reservoir cap.. I shut the engine off and oil all over the engine now but the reservoir is full to the top. How do you bleed the ADS. There is some restriction causing this to overflow.
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Hello,
Bleeding is just turning the steering wheel from full-lock one way to full lock the other way, holding it there for a couple seconds each time. Repeat that about 20 or 30 times before putting the cap on.
Have you recently added fluid to the system, are there any other leaks, and are you getting fluid spraying from the power steering reservoir, or the hydraulic suspension reservoir?
So keep the cap off and turn the steering wheel both ways. No I have not added any fluid to the system, because the reservoir is overfull just about to the top. The cap has a factory pin hole,I should say the dipstick cap has the pinhole and that is where the oil is spraying from. That reservoir also supply's the ADS suspension.
Bleeding the power steering should be done with the engine on since the power steering pump needs to be running.
If this is a R129 chassis with the 120 engine, the power steering reservoir is located at the front center of the engine, underneath the portion of the front cover that can be removed separately.
The reservoir with the dipstick should be located apart from the engine, and that is the ADS-II hydraulic fluid reservoir (with a dipstick).
If that one is spraying fluid, you probably have a leaky shock or the ride height may be too low or unlevel.
!997 Mercedes SL600 V 12 engine. R 129 chassis. The reservoir is on the left front. The windshield reservoir is on the left and the power steering is to the right of that. It also supply's the ADS suspension.
For the power steering, yes, otherwise you will not pump fluid through, so there is nothing to push air out.
Before you go through the trouble, I highly advise you remove the center portion of the engine cover at the very front. There is a cap underneath it.
So keep the cap off and turn the steering wheel both ways. No I have not added any fluid to the system, because the reservoir is overfull just about to the top. The cap has a factory pin hole,I should say the dipstick cap has the pinhole and that is where the oil is spraying from. That reservoir also supply's the ADS suspension.
Bleeding the power steering should be done with the engine on since the power steering pump needs to be running. If this is a R129 chassis with the 120 engine, the power steering reservoir is located at the front center of the engine, underneath the portion of the front cover that can be removed separately. The reservoir with the dipstick should be located apart from the engine, and that is the ADS-II hydraulic fluid reservoir (with a dipstick). If that one is spraying fluid, you probably have a leaky shock or the ride height may be too low or unlevel.
!997 Mercedes SL600 V 12 engine. R 129 chassis. The reservoir is on the left front. The windshield reservoir is on the left and the power steering is to the right of that. It also supply's the ADS suspension.
Are you sure the engine should be running to bleed the system.
For the power steering, yes, otherwise you will not pump fluid through, so there is nothing to push air out. Before you go through the trouble, I highly advise you remove the center portion of the engine cover at the very front. There is a cap underneath it.