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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 11:24 AM
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I wanted to see if anyone could offer some advice. My car is leaking power steering fluid, and i need to know all possible places it could be leaking from besided the power steering pump or hoses from the pump. Thanks in advance!
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 11:33 AM
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the gear or knuckle as some call it
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Pull out your coolant dipstick and check there. Sometimes the PS cooler will leak fluid in to your coolant system. If you have the issue, you will have an evil slime on your coolant dipstick.
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the gear or knuckle as some call it
Where exactly is this located?
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 09:44 AM
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Pull out your coolant dipstick and check there. Sometimes the PS cooler will leak fluid in to your coolant system. If you have the issue, you will have an evil slime on your coolant dipstick.
Damnit I missed the multi quote option....Oh Well. I do have a nasty *** sludge on my coolant dipstick. Would this effect radiator functionality and where is the power steering cooler located? My temps seem to get upto the 210 range rather quickly. It could be this damn 100 degree weather also we have here in San Antonio.
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The steering gear is right where it attaches to the rack itself.
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Damnit I missed the multi quote option....Oh Well. I do have a nasty *** sludge on my coolant dipstick. Would this effect radiator functionality and where is the power steering cooler located? My temps seem to get upto the 210 range rather quickly. It could be this damn 100 degree weather also we have here in San Antonio.
You'll probably be OK as long as you havn't overheated. The PS fluid will decrease the effectiveness of your coolant - so the system will just need to work harder to keep things cool.

If you check for PS cooler threads, you'll get tons of advice if you want to get away from the stock cooler design and go with something isolated from the coolant system.
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