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Please help me identify these oil leaks
Got under the car and saw small drops of oil in these places. The first 2 pics are of the same area. Give me the bad news
    Also, I have been trying to get the AC hoses off the expansion valve in the smugglers box after soaking with WD40 but with no success. Any tips?
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Clean up the dirty area and check it again. Hard to pinpoint a leak when the whole thing is covered in oil.
WD40 wasn't designed as a penetrating oil. Use Kroil, or something similar. Give it time. On some things, I use heat cycles from a heat gun, combined with the penetrating oil. JR |
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No clue where that is coming from and unless it's dripping like crazy, it's just a leak-clean it off start at the top and look under car every day. Like stated, wd-40 is junk for that application.
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Thanks guys - I'll clean up and monitor
Unfortunately we don't get all the products you guys have in the US. WD40 finally did the job though, managed to get the thing off.
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FWIW, WD-40 was designed as a water dispersant. No idea where you live but just about any light oil might be better. Surely there is something in your area used as a thread penetrant. Some guys make their own, from AT transmission fluid and some sort of oil, or other products.
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Run a line from the oil leak to the seized hardware.
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