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Old Apr 11, 2024 | 10:04 PM
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Hi kinda random but I recently bought a passenger seat for my Sim racing set up and I cut a tube and oil started leaking out of it. I can't find anything online as to what it is.

Is it just for the heated seats?

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Old Apr 12, 2024 | 02:54 PM
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is the seat from an actual vehicle then repurposed for e-racing? if so what car?

i imagine you bought a passenger seat for the drivers seat in the sim right? bc having a passenger seat AND a driver seat in a sim rig is odd haha!
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Old Apr 12, 2024 | 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by timmy0tool
is the seat from an actual vehicle then repurposed for e-racing? if so what car?

i imagine you bought a passenger seat for the drivers seat in the sim right? bc having a passenger seat AND a driver seat in a sim rig is odd haha!
sorry it is from a is250 and yes its just the driver seat for my rig lol
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Apparently I'm the first to experience this because there's nothing online and no one knows anything 🤣🤷‍♂️
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Old Apr 13, 2024 | 02:53 AM
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Is not that no one knows anything, is that you haven’t described anything properly.
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Originally Posted by 703
Is not that no one knows anything, is that you haven’t described anything properly.
I agree more details are needed.
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Old Apr 13, 2024 | 08:32 AM
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Lol idk how else to "properly" explain.. literally a plastic container under where your *** would be full of oil connected to a tube and sensor..

So yes pretty sure no one knows what it's for.

I'll just tell myself it's for the heated seat/comfort lol
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Old Apr 13, 2024 | 08:49 AM
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Could be part of an occupancy sensor.
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Originally Posted by Gerf
Could be part of an occupancy sensor.
yeah I was thinking that too actually. It was connected to a sensor.

I just put a screw in it hasn't leaked yet lol. Such a weird experience


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Ya, Pascals Law running a sensor for the airbag is possible.
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Originally Posted by Gerf
Ya, Pascals Law running a sensor for the airbag is possible.
yeah that makes sense. I guess I should of picked another seat haha 😅
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occupancy sensor sounds right! i honestly never knew it was a bladder rather than a fluidless pressure switch:

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