LHM Pipes Problem

barry · Post by **barry** » Sun Oct 03, 2010 8:12 pm

On the Hurricane 3 plastic pipes connect to small Y junction which sits on cross member beneath the hp pump, whats it for?

When accellerating the pipe pops off or leaks, tried a different type stronger junction but still does it. Worried that if we fix the pipes on to tight a pipe could pop elsewhere if its a pressure problem? On the TXD the pipes just slot in the rubber Y junction and stay there, any advice appreciated thanks.

Hurricane · Post by **Hurricane** » Sun Oct 03, 2010 8:22 pm

Oh and sorry this is me posting, my Dad's signed up above but asked me to post it.

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Sun Oct 03, 2010 9:33 pm

Isn\'t it just a junction to join three return pipes together, down the bottom of the octopus? If it is, might be worth checking there are no blockages in any of them....pressure could be building up and blowing it off.

ken newbold · Post by **ken newbold** » Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:06 pm

Check your tick time on your accumulator, when it goes flat, it often blow this pipe off.

Hurricane · Post by **Hurricane** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 12:49 pm

Thanks will look into what you said, could it be a blockage from another pipe near to one of the three pipes?

This is what it is, this picture shows 1 pipe in the junction but in the car all 3 bits have pipes in and they keep popping out when acellerating...

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk32 ... 1286193044

Tried fitting a new junction piece but the same happens.

citronut · Post by **citronut** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 6:54 pm

yep as Ken say's, but it can also be to much high presure blow by from the power steering ram,

regards malcolm

Hurricane · Post by **Hurricane** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 1:16 pm

How do you check the tick time on the accumulator?

Way2go · Post by **Way2go** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 2:12 pm

Hurricane wrote:How do you check the tick time on the accumulator?

With your ears & a watch with a second hand.

Hurricane · Post by **Hurricane** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 2:31 pm

I gathered that but can hardly hear nothin over the engine, what are we listening for, a tick and then time it.

Whats the correct time it should be?

Dollywobbler · Post by **Dollywobbler** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 2:52 pm

The pump while 'whirrr' quite loudly every now and then. Really, you don't want it doing it any more frequently than every 20 seconds IIRC, definitely not any less than ten.

If you're struggling to identify the noise, click the suspension into high and a second or two later, you should hear the pump kick in. With the car on the level, the pump should 'whirr' but stop pretty quickly.

scarecrow · Post by **scarecrow** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 3:27 pm

I've noticed with mine, if I put it on high the car raises (front more slowly) but the pump carries on working for quite a while afterwards.

Also when I pull away in the morning the back initially feels soft and the pump makes a lot of schooshing noises for a second before settling down?

Am I normal?

citronut · Post by **citronut** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 6:56 pm

try putting one end of a long length of dowle onto the regulator, and the other end against your ear, now time the interval between the ticks/clicks,

the regulator if you dont know is the unit on the front of the gear box with a sphere attatched to the end, this is the acumalator sphere which will need replaceing if the tick rate is to freaquent

regards malcolm

scarecrow · Post by **scarecrow** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 8:38 pm

suspensions can go up as well as down

Oscar · Post by **Oscar** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 8:56 pm

Past results are no guide to future performance. Other BXs are available.

Hurricane · Post by **Hurricane** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 9:55 pm

Sorry to bump but took it to get fixed at garage a week ago, problem solved, just replaced the sphere on the front with a new one (forgot the name of it

).