Leaking Powersteering fuild, can't locate

Feb 18, 2006 | 04:46 PM

BenzVince

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09' E350, 01' Maxima SE, 93 Nissan Maxima SE, 1987 Nissan Maxima SE

Leaking Powersteering fuild, can't locate

I can't locate the leak, since It looked like it was either coming from the hose or the pump. The hose looks revelantly easy to replace since there are some oil on the outer hose however I don't see any visiable leak and on the plastic part of the pump I don't see leaks or oil on it but ajadecent to the water pump, I see some power steering fuild. But since someone told me that there's a seal in the pump that can be replace, if I want to replace it myself, how hard is it to remove the pump to get to the seal to replace it. Oh...I have a 96 E320 btw.

Feb 21, 2006 | 12:28 AM

cragigotgame

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97 E420 90 300E

The same thing happend to me. I just took it to my mechanic and was like 20 or 30 bucks with labor. I think the o-ring that was bad cost less than $3. good luck

Feb 22, 2006 | 12:02 AM

Mr. B

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Originally Posted by cragigotgame

The same thing happend to me. I just took it to my mechanic and was like 20 or 30 bucks with labor. I think the o-ring that was bad cost less than $3. good luck

wow… that was helpful…

so i guess you’re saying it’s easy to do…

i figure $30 would be like maybe 20 minutes at standard shop rates, right..??

so it must be easy… but it’s just easier to pay your mechanic do it…

if only i had a mechanic that would do something for $30… hehehe

~ Mr. B ~

Feb 22, 2006 | 02:42 PM

MARK CUMMINS

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209/W210 Estate /W211 modded by MBENZNL

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Originally Posted by BenzVince

Yes the Powersteering pump can be rebuilt..locate the name of manufacture on the P/S pump and go to the dealer and geta reseal kit..
Takes about a Hour to reseal the pump..

also check the powersteering rack seals...peel back the boots on the P/s rack to inspect for leaks...seen several P/S racks leak..loss of fluid without a visable leak..

Feb 22, 2006 | 04:47 PM

tony

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Has anyone had any luck using one of the Stop Leak additives that recondition the seals?

Feb 22, 2006 | 10:18 PM

cragigotgame

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97 E420 90 300E

It depends on how bad the leak is. It may slow down or even stop the leak for a short period of time, but it wont keep you from having to fix the problem. Personally I havent had good results with it.

Jan 30, 2008 | 03:50 PM

youseffex

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Originally Posted by tony

Has anyone had any luck using one of the Stop Leak additives that recondition the seals?

I tried them and they didn't help, they are supposed to condition the seals.

After long time suffering leakage I decided to do something about it, I just had my steering rack changed with a used one, my mechanic tried to repair the old one to no avail because the rack pistons are damaged which render the seals useless, I still have a a very small leak coming from the pump but I'll have that fixed next month.

the bill was $ 490 plus alignment, what pissed me off is that my bro changed his for half the price just because he drives a '92 BMW 3.