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Subject:Re: legitimate beef - water under the bridge - or just plain wrong
From:BenT Syncro
Date:Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:57:59 -0700

Mark,

Some of the lines are spliced from the factory IIRC. You might want to look
at a diagram before passing judgment. I have a set of pipes and hose in my
storage place. I'll look tomorrow so confirm either way if nobody chimes in
before that.

BenT

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Mark <mbrush@gmail.com> wrote:

> Not sure what to do about this one - eight years ago, I had my power
> steering lines replaced by the dealer.  Now I've come to find out that they
> only replaced part of the lines, they spliced in new lines in the back and
> left the old lines in the front (using hose and clamps to connect the two -
> I guess to avoid dropping the gas tank).  I assume those lines are supposed
> to be continuous lines from back to front, but maybe I'm wrong (don't see a
> diagram in power steering section of the Bentley).  The lines are now
> leaking in the front and I feel like I'm circling back to a repair I
> already
> paid for.  I'm inclined to just let it go, since it's been so long, but if
> it's an egregious error I think the dealer should at least know about it.
> Or maybe it's not an error at all.
>
> Thanks for the thoughts -
>
> Mark
>
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