Drowned

Just found a puddle of power steering fluid on my driveway. Got under the car to look and found this. At first I thought it was the pump's high pressure hose but it's clean. I'm trying to figure out were is the leak coming from but I'm not very familiar with this part. Does it have any seals or do I need to replace the whole part?

StoleIt

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Is anything above the rack leaking down onto the rack? Or are you sure its the rack/fitting right there? Because the reservoir/pump is in front of the drivers side head directly over that spot also.

I'd say take a rag and wipe all that crud away. Maybe a hairline crack in the rack. Regardless you need to clean it up and then turn the wheel. Preferably while your down there have someone turn the wheel. See where it comes out.

I had a PS leak, turned out the fluid was leaking by the fittings. Didn't use enough Teflon tape.

ErikElvis

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Agree, Hose it down with some brake cleaner, wipe it off and go from there.

Drowned

Thanks for the tips, I will do that tomorrow It was too cold today and I was only able to take the pictures... :o

TrakJunky

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Im having the same problems.. turns out the o-rings in the rack that seal the hard lines that go to up in the gear are bad.. Had to order new ones from the dealer..

noriceinside

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that seems very unnecessary. there are o-rings on each line.

your leak appears to be coming from one of the pressure lines thats a part of the rack itself. good luck finding those o-rings. you may get lucky finding a hardware store with TONS of assorted o-rings.

unfortuntaly if youre looking for what to buy to fix this its the entire rack and pinion.

whytryz28

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noriceinside

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mr overachiever

samson_420

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Damn, that is one greasy oil pan you got there.

The PS leak might be coming from higher up also.

whytryz28

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Haha thats right

jsteele90

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whole underneath is nasssssttttttttttyyyyyyyyy

TrakJunky

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How do you figure you need to replace the whole rack? I ordered the o-rings from the dealer.. 6 bucks a piece but they will fix the issue.

StoleIt

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Except I have after market lines from my turbo kit, thus the teflon tape. Otherwise you would be 100% correct.

RsSean

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Looks like the O-ring might have gone bad. Lucky you. My snub shaft is leaking where the steering shaft meets the rack that sucks

TrakJunky

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Well i tried the o-rings.. and what a PITA.. and it still leaks.. dont know why.. its going to the dealer on monday! And i just got this thing 3 months ago.. car was perfect ! Not to mention i have the infamous phantom no start issue. my car only has 50K on it as well.

EnfuegoZ28

I hope the dealership fixes all of the problems for you.

Soul TKR

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i just replaced my power steering pump along with my high pressure hose... that was fun...

damn hose was squirting fluid all over my headers and making a crazy *** smoke show!

NHRAMAN

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I AGREE....that line is WET....the others are only dirty from fluid and grime...thats your problem I bet.

TopFlite

In agreement. The spray pattern, as you can see would project itself from the top and bottom area's of the threading.

01FbTaWs6

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i agree with these guys. Its def. that fitting. Otherwise it would be just as dirty as the rest. This leads me to believe the leak is coming from there.