Hydraulics question about PC160LC-7

I took delivery of a PC160LC7-EO and it worked great for a couple hours.

Then it seems to have lost power. Hyd were sluggish/weak/non-responsive.

Googling around I see that is sometimes caused by fuel starvation resulting from clogged filters.

But I had noticed that the hose that runs from the hyd tank cap down the side of the tank was broken a couple inches off the cap.

When I first noticed it I thought it was just a venting hose and couldn't be the problem.

Then I checked the hyd...

Hydraulics question about PC160LC-7

Hydraulics question about PC160LC-7