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okiejoe's avatar
okiejoe
Explorer
Sep 30, 2019

Hydraulic leveling legs making noise

Hey you all, I’ve been doing some regular maintenance stuff and in checking out my hydraulic levelers on my C everything works great except when retracting all jacks after all 4 jacks are up the pump continues to run sounding like it’s still retracting but only for about 5 seconds. I don’t seem to remember it doing that before. I did add some hydraulic fluid and run the system a few times and checked for foam but all loooked well. Any thoughts. ?
Class C
  • klutchdust's avatar
    klutchdust
    Explorer II
    Oct 13, 2019
    When you say you added "some" fluid, how much?
    Extend the hydraulics fully then retract fully. Check fluid once retracted.
    There may be a few air bubbles in there.
    Use fluid specifically for hydraulics, not power steering fluid or ATF.
  • MDKMDK's avatar
    MDKMDK
    Explorer
    Sep 30, 2019
    okiejoe wrote:
    Hey you all, I’ve been doing Tom regular maintenance stuff and in checking out my hydraulic levelers on my C everything works great except when retracting all jacks after all 4 jacks are up the pump continues to run sounding like it’s still retracting but only for about 5 seconds. I don’t seem to remember it doing that before. I did add some hydraulic fluid and run the system a few times and checked for foam but all loooked well. Any thoughts. ?


    I'd ask Tom. If it's his regular maintenance you're doing.
    It's probably normal. If the jacks retract, all is well.

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