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Old 06-23-2008, 08:35 PM   #8 (permalink)
TheGodfather
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Date registered: Jan 2007
Vehicle: 1998 ML320
Location: Airdrie Alberta
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Originally Posted by yaki b View Post
You can tell alot by smell and color. Wipe the suspect area with a paper towel. A pungent odor can be attributed to a leaking axel seal. Power steering will be more of a hydrolic oil smell. Motor oil will have a different smell as well.
The leak from the front where that red dotted plug is, is light in colour where as the leak in the back is thick and coloured black/brown

As far as smell go, I really cant tell, I will try again though.


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