Re: steering rack problem

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Re: steering rack problem

Jim Yanik

19 Oct 2006 00:35

> So, you can just keep adding steering fluid? I think it's the steering
> fluid leak since I have to add some every now and then and my car
> smokes because the leak I think drops on some metals inside.

Then it can't be the steering rack because that is forward of and below any
hot parts. Maybe it's the power steering pump? Or hose TO the rack?

Maybe the smoke is coming from some other leak.

> I check
> the oil sometimes and I don't have to add anything to it so, the power
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> don't think its complicated one to take off but I'm afraid when I take
> it off something will come out and drain everything out.

Good possibility.

Get a service manual.
Then you will know what is what.

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Hondamom

18 Oct 2006 19:54

So, you can just keep adding steering fluid? I think it's the steering fluid
leak since I have to add some every now and then and my car smokes because
the leak I think drops on some metals inside. I check the oil sometimes and
I don't have to add anything to it so, the power steering fluid is the one
that leaks.

I have change headlights and starters in the pass. There's a hose that
seems to be wet when I touch the lower side. It is a short hose, don't think
its complicated one to take off but I'm afraid when I take it off something
will come out and drain everything out.

High Tech Misfit

18 Oct 2006 01:35

> I have a 2002 (new to me - purchased 3 mths ago) Honda Accord which I
> took in to the dealer recently & found out it has a steering rack leak
> - not what one expects on a car with only about 65,000km. Has anyone
> else experienced this kind of problem with the Accord? My confidence in
> the car (which has been terrific - I love driving this car) has been
> shaken by the news of a hefty replacement.

I have never heard of a steering rack failing on a Honda... unless somebody
put in the wrong power steering fluid. That is one fluid that absolutely
must be Honda-specific.

roadrunner	18 Oct 2006 01:26
I have a 2002 (new to me - purchased 3 mths ago) Honda Accord which I took in to the dealer recently & found out it has a steering rack leak - not what one expects on a car with only about 65,000km. Has anyone else experienced this kind of problem with the Accord? My confidence in the car (which has been terrific - I love driving this car) has been shaken by the news of a hefty replacement.

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