Over the years I have been called out to resolve a variety of hydraulic problems but there are some I call the terminally sick system or TSS for short. These are the systems that have gone unnoticed and uncared for that suddenly become mad, panic important because after the many years of abuse and unnoticed service they have finally decided to stop working.
The outside condition will often give the first clue to a TSS. It will be covered in a mixture of blackened oily deposits that has solidified over the years resembling greasy mud. When you look into the tank you recoil from the rancid smell of burnt oil and the colour has no resemblance to the once golden honey colour that was poured in from a new can. On taking a small sample of this gloop you hold it to the light and see a myriad of sparkling metallic particles and now you are convinced that you are dealing with a terminally sick system.
The customer is in panic because he cannot operate his machine and he will have to send everyone home if he can’t get it running within 24 hours and he has called you out because you are the expert and wants it fixed within the next few hours.
Yes, I have made up this story but it is not untypical of the type of breakdowns we are sometimes called out to resolve.
I have my own way of dealing with the TSS but I am more interested in how you would deal with this hydraulic emergency.
Very best
Bob
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