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Car Forum / Land Rover Cars / September 2004Power Steering Fluid Leek pt2
I had a really good look over the box yesterday & it was covered in old fluid & sh.t, so I powerwashed it, so I could see where the leak was coming from. Overnight it didn't drip once! The only thing I can think of is the actual position of the steering ect as I moved the RR last night. Is that likely or just luck? Nige We probably all scared it :-)) Just like my blood tests, bloody veins run screaming and cannot be found so the dig and stir mechants have a field day !! . Overnight it didn't drip once! The only thing I can think of is the > actual position of the steering ect as I moved the RR last night. > > Is that likely or just luck? Nah - it's just empty Graeme : I had a really good look over the box yesterday & it was covered in old : fluid & sh.t, so I powerwashed it, so I could see where the leak was coming [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] : : Nige > Nah - it's just empty > > Graeme Nope, checked it! Really odd as the box is clean as a whistle with nothing dripping at all! Now, the payback from this was the fact I took all the seats/carpets out to wash them & also have a look at the state of the floors etc. The drivers floor has a nice little hole in, its about 2 inches by 1 inches & the rest looks very clean indeed. Should plate up a treat & I'm gonna drop some rust inhibitor all over the place too. So, there needs to be a few welds & some TLC, but she'll do for me for a few years good old off-roading! Nige > Now, the payback from this was the fact I took all the seats/carpets out > to wash them & also have a look at the state of the floors etc. The [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Nige It's not the crank throwing oil up the power steering box is it? Used to happen on ours..most cunning. Could have been just crud in the seal. Our Rangie would have been cool for a while on the body work... but then hitting a Jacobs cracker with a sledge hammer tends to reconfigure the corners a little :-( Still... nearly there now. Just weighing up if I should spray it myself.. may be worth a go , if I cock it up I can always send it in. The last place to do it was hardly clinically clean and got a respectable finish. Lee D > It's not the crank throwing oil up the power steering box is it? Used to happen on ours..most cunning. > Could have been just crud in the seal. No matey, it was deffo PAS fluid, not oil. The bottom pullesy are cleaner than a Nuns knickers. Inj fact, the only oil leak I can see is the dizzy O ring & a slight weep on the sump at the back. Got the pressure washer on it last night & gave it a right good going over underneath & nowt fell off, so it cant be that bad! > Our Rangie would have been cool for a while on the body work... but then hitting a Jacobs cracker with > a sledge hammer tends to reconfigure the corners a little :-( it's not too bad really considering it's 15 years old!! The trim is bloody gimcrack at best though. The odd thing is - it smeels like the brand new Montego's I used to work on 20 years ago! I know what that smell is now, it's the foam backing on the mats & other things. It stinks! > Still... nearly there now. Good one mate, nice to see someone bother to do it, many would have scrapped it! > Just weighing up if I should spray it myself.. may be worth a go , if I cock it up I can always send it > in. The last place to do it was hardly clinically clean and got a respectable finish. This is the hard bit if you never had experience of spraying before. If you're worried about the finish get a pro to do it, you've made too good a job to feck it up with a sh.t paint job! My kitchen is now covered in wet carpets & mats & the next one is the seat covers (all out now, might as well wash 'em! The wife's played bollocks, but It is my kitchen too! Doubt the neighbours saw the funny side of RR rear seats all over the drive as they got home from work. If only LR had thought a bit more about positions & accessibility etc. It's a big car with all the bit that fail hidden! I remember the first Montego Efi I worked on, it needed a new alternator & the feckin' engine had to come out ffs! I even remember pigging reg number! B733 OHD - how sad! Nige Nige |
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