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Old Nov 24, 2017 | 10:06 PM
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Hi Guys,

New to the forum and hope you might help me solve a problem..

My power steering has been leaking recently. I added some stop leak and it seemed to solve the problem. However while parking tonight i made a tight right turn into a tight spot..once i stopped i heard fluid rushing out from under the car. I pulled out my phone and took a look. Seems to be leaking from the section below... loaded some more fluid and it spit out the entire bottle. It has 54500Miles and its the first i have had this issue..any advice on how to solve this issue
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Old Nov 25, 2017 | 06:38 AM
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Hard to say just what the part is .But it looks like coolant .A better picture would help. Was it coolant stop leak you used .
Or power steering system stop leak .
I cont know what the part is in the picture ,but the top looks like power steering top up cap . And if water is coming from that i dont know whats going on .
Coolant is in the wrong container ,may be ?
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Old Nov 25, 2017 | 11:55 AM
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thats a picture of one of the fittings on the power steering rack.. you can remove those fittings and replace all the o-rings in a repair kit.. However, like optimus above says, that fluid looks like coolant. Are you sure you dont have a water pump or coolant hose/fitting leaking??
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Old Nov 25, 2017 | 11:56 AM
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That looks like adjusting screw on rack.
We don't know the OP location, but racks in USA are not serviceable.
Unless you will find rack shop in your area that does MB, you will have to break your account and get new , or rebuild rack.
Rumors say that what MB USA sells as rebuilds, are in fact new racks and procedure just removes old racks from black market.
Better hope it is coolant leak, not rack leak.
Wipe the area clean and wrap parts with paper towels to pinpoint the leak.

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Old Nov 25, 2017 | 12:23 PM
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That coolant is coming from some other location up above and driping down on to the rack . .Coolant pump weep hole is leaking as the seals gone [replace the coolant pump ]
Hose for coolant split ,or the holding clip is loose .
Woud say a good inspection will tell you more,if your car is up on a 4 poster ..
But good luck and hope its not to expensive .
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