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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jlbart" data-source="post: 53696" data-attributes="member: 7177">We will find out what's wrong, I took it to a local hydraulic shop.  They will tear apart, clean and give me a repair estimate for $40.00.  I did read that it's a port for a auxilary pump.  That port is on the bottom of the pump; it was caked in dirt/oil/moisture.  The moisture that caused the rust probably caused that plate to give in and the seal failed.  It's a relatively flimsy plate. When removing the plate I twisted off one of the cap screws (it was rusty) so I took to shop to have that drilled out and have a pressure test done.  The shop said they won't do anything until it gets cleaned up as any dirt in the pump could cause problems.  I would normally take an easy out and remove the screw myself, but that thing's worth quite a few $$$ and I didn't want to risk making the situation worse.I lost quite a bit of fluid in removal - probably 3+ gallons.  Will I have to bleed the system?  If so how?</blockquote>