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Old 03-05-2005, 10:36 PM
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So, today I went to do doughnuts, stand stills, you know the things you do before your about to get new tires. Then my power steering was leaking very bad. It dark out so I cant see were it's leaking from. Anyone have any idea?
When I add more fluid it works fine untile it all leaks out so i think its a hose or some thing like that.
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Well I had a leak in my power steering cooler, located in the upper coolant hose. It was leaking power steering fluid into the radiator. However, I believe the power steering coolers only came on the SS and WS6. Check it out, if you have one a part of your upper radiator hose will be aluminum with lines to the power steering pump.
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Mine Was The High Pressure Hose...you Can Do It Yourself And If I Was You I Would Because I Got Charged About $300 To Get It Put On..i Tried To Do It Myself Put Couldnt Get The ToP Screw Off...good Luck

Oh And Get It Fixed Soon Or You Will Be Buying An Alternator Too
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Originally Posted by TNC_LS1
Mine Was The High Pressure Hose...you Can Do It Yourself And If I Was You I Would Because I Got Charged About $300 To Get It Put On..i Tried To Do It Myself Put Couldnt Get The ToP Screw Off...good Luck

Oh And Get It Fixed Soon Or You Will Be Buying An Alternator Too
Exactly! I went through 2 alternators before finding out it was the pressure hose. You need a pully puller to remove the pully to remove the upper part of the hose.




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