Hydraulic leveling legs making noise

[okiejoe]

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. ?

[klutchdust]

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.

[okiejoe]

I corrected Tom to Some

[MDKMDK]

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.