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1. What has to come out to get to where the clutch hydraulic tubing seats to the master cylinder, since I'm guessing this is where the leak is (seems I can wiggle the tubing a little and it should be very tight in there). It looks like at least the battery... and..?
The battery tray comes out (along with the battery). There is a procedure on http://www.quasimotors.com. First to check is the MC itself tho, it is located right on the pedal, if there is fluid leaking from the MS you will see it there, otherwise check the line. I'd start with a good bleed.
2. If the master is good, which I'm assuming at this point, should I rebuild it anyways as a matter of course? I suppose the master could have failed to the point where fluid comes out, if that's possible, but I don't think it would go from working perfectly to totally failed all at once.
I've had mediocre luck with rebuilding MS's. I've rebuilt my 89 twice, it's cheap, but it doesn't last long, 6 months to a year for me. My 94 has a broken mount (currently shimmed). Take it out, take it apart and look at it. The motion should be smooth, do a visual inspection.
3. While I do believe in coincidences, is it possible that they (mechanices) did something to cause this? The only thing I could think of would be to really reef on the tubing up closer to the firewall and that's pretty far from the front of the engine. It just seems weird that it would happen right after they worked on the other problem.
The clutch hose is nowhere near the radiator, even the heater core hoses are quite a ways from it.
4. How can the 'check radiator' sender be so sensitive to know that a drop was lost? I mean, through these couple months I checked the coolant level often and visually there was no change in level, so it's not like lots of it was leaking. What's it measuring to know a drop was lost?
See above, I call BS.
5. Do you really have to take out the turbo to get to the hose connections? That seems like a hell of a design. Maybe they meant they had to disconnect some of the tubing, that might be more likely.
Once again, I question your mechanics honesty. As Adrian mentioned, 9000 have a common problem with the level indicator connector shorting out causing this to happen. I have replaced all of the radiator hoses on my 94CSE and I see no reason anyone would have to remove the turbo, only thing I had to remove was the bottom plastic splash cover. Check the bolts on the turbo/exhaust to be sure (visual inspection).
Sorry if I sound a little harsh, it's late, I'm tired, and i have seen more than my fair share of dishonest mechanics. My advice is find a new one, there are good ones out there.
Good luck Jim,
Matt
WA
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