Power steering leak
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Power steering leak
My integra is leaking quite a bit of power steering fluid onto the exhaust pipe which is causing a big smokey mess. The pressure hose and the return line look fine. Its not spraying fluid everywhere. wherever the leak is coming from I can't see it at all. is there something else that i am missing?
Last edited by lostape; 01-21-2009 at 12:32 PM.
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if its burning up on your exhaust it has to be coming from near the rack itself, what car/engine is it?
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I was afraid that might be the case. it has 270,000 miles on it. is that easy enough to replace myself? thats something that ive never messed with before. its not the oil filter though.
Last edited by lostape; 01-21-2009 at 04:58 PM.
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yeah that looks terrible. it COULD be a motor oil leak, from the back of block, perhaps the oil filter, the oil pressure warning light switch, lots of things.
are u losing a lot of PS fluid in the reservoir?
are u losing a lot of PS fluid in the reservoir?
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honestly i just had my power steering rack replaced, acura did it for be because of the warranty i had, but they have to take the engine out to get to it, well so they said, unless you know what you are doing with it, i wouldnt suggest it, and it was over 1000 dollars to get fixed because you have to get an alignment right after you put it in, the car is undrivable until then. so if you know how to align the car, go for it, i didnt pay 1000 though, but that is what the invoice was. sorry to hear that, i had a power steering leak as well, im being redundant, but it was not nearly that bad, 99 gs by the way
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Yeah, if I fill it up and go for a 30 or 40 minute drive it will be almost empty.