As we started to leave Santa Fe the beast starting making funny noises. So being the mechanic I am, I open the hood and stood there like an idiot for a few minute. My usual thing to do would be just drive on until it died.....I didn't think that would work this time with 1,000 miles to go....so I checked all the fluids...sounds like the right thing to do. The steering fluid was empty. So I buy a pint for $2 only to find out by reading the Manuel....if you lose power steering fluid this is an issue. It's not like gas...it does not get "used up"...it means there is a leak in the hydraulic system of the vehicle. (whatever that means)
To cut the story short....we drove 1,000 miles with this issue...constantly replacing the fluid on every stop. I ended up putting 15 pints in the H.O.W. By 400 miles out....no brakes and barely any steering. Since the highway is straight as an arrow those two things are not really needed....so we drove on. Every Hour or two we would just let the beast come to a stop on it's own and pour more fluid in. Then the brakes would be back and the steering would be great.
We finally limped the beast back home and bought It back to the dealer. I was a little bit nervous bringing the H.O.W.back with all it's problems and on account that it looked like hell! The dirt and dead bugs probably weighed in at about 50 pounds. The thing was disgusting.....
Warren at byerly seemed happy as a lark about the condition. Only charged me a $35 extra to clean out a small make-up spill Denise had!.
I was happy to see the beast leave. Jessica was a little sad to see me drive it away!
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