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So I had a 10+ year old generic 2 ton hydraulic floor jack that was having issues keeping up the lift since over a year ago. Putting jack oil in it was only temporary so I looked into whether it was an internal or external leak or both.
I looked close and it had an external leak near the rear main body where there are these plastic looking teflon rings inside that are supposed to seal it. I took everything apart and found no physical issues and nothing apparent with the teflon rings, put everything together again, tightened it good, but still leaked.
Solution, finally got an excuse to buy the magical RV silicone gasket maker stuff that people say it's useful for many things and wow did it work! The floor jack now keeps its lift and no leaking.
I looked close and it had an external leak near the rear main body where there are these plastic looking teflon rings inside that are supposed to seal it. I took everything apart and found no physical issues and nothing apparent with the teflon rings, put everything together again, tightened it good, but still leaked.
Solution, finally got an excuse to buy the magical RV silicone gasket maker stuff that people say it's useful for many things and wow did it work! The floor jack now keeps its lift and no leaking.