I have been asking around on the WTB section for HICAS tubes. ( The ones that run the the back of the car and usually rust out and start leaking. ) Eventually I got them new from Dixie-401 Nissan.
Now the problem is that I cannot loosen these bolts that connect the lines. Half a can of Releaseall from Canadian Tire is done and nothing is budging. All I have to work with are relatively low drive-up ramps.
The problem is urgent cause I live in an apartment building and now my car doesnt drip drop by drop, there is a line of PW fluid showing which car is ruining the asphalt ( which involves a major fine ).
I just dont have the tools and the space to work on this properly. Any advice?
UPDATE: Cdn Tire said it will take 4 hours labour ( without even looking at it ), I tried storming out in a rage but I realised I had to ask for my key back. That didnt work out too well.
Anyway I took my sick baby back home and did the drive up ramp thing again and showered the bolt heads with releaseall, penetrating fluid and coca-cola. So far only one bolt of the four I managed to remove. Well my cousin managed to remove it, he is stronger but had trouble fitting under the car and breathing at the same time.
I am sitting here resigning myself to the use of Mississauga Transit tomorrow.
Any advice on working these bolts out? I dare not heat this thing up cause its right next to the fuel lines.
Your best option is to just get custom lines fabbed. You will get new flanges and connectors, and it would be a helluva lot cheaper than from Nissan, although it’s too late for that part.
Places that sell brake parts like tire stores etc, they should be able to fab you lines or at least source them.
Don’t get a hack job done (aka Canadian Tire) or they will just start leaking again.
Just have someone cut the lines some distance away from the distribution block, and attach new connectors.
I just used the lines I got from Nissan. Eventually we gave up and had to go to a small garage to get it up on the hoist. They guy was cool, so it took less than half hour to swap that stuff. All is well now. I should post a pic of my garage and huge mess there caused by leaking power steering fluid. It so damn obvious with lines of leaked fluid going into and out of my spot.
Cost me almost $180 for everything, parts, tools, coca-cola …
Just to put it in perspective, I had lines fabbed (two lines from front to back, one front line) for $50, and I installed them with a mechanic at work. However I did not get any new fittings at the distribution block in front or back.