Greetings,

I have a 99 Disco II that has sprung a leak over the weekend. 4 days ago I heard what appeared to be barrings in a pulley beginning to go bad. Before I could isolate which one it was the noise became loader while taking my mother home and I noticed when I exited the free-way that my ability to turn was limited. When I parked and opened opened up the hood the engine was soaked (this all took place at night) but the noise was gone ( I assume because it was now lubricated). I cut the car off and grabbed a flash light the first thing I noticed was that the PAS/ACE reservoir seemed to have over flowed on the PAS side and was empty. Then as I traced the lines to the pump I could see fluid powering to the ground. The next morning I cleaned the lines the best that I could and cranked up the car...no noise and no leak. I added some power steering fluid, cranked it back up and the loud noise returned and I could see a steady leak coming from right behind the pulley. Can anyone suggest what that leak is coming from and should I look at replacing the entire pulley? Also can anyone recommend a reliable parts retailer online based in the US?

 

Go to British Parts of Utah, he has a brand new one on sale for $295.
If you want to do the replacement yourself, down load a free copy of a Rave CD, from my signature section and it will give you step by step directions on replacing the pump.
For the age of your truck, inspect the lines and replace as needed so you don't have to go thru this again later.

 

thanks for the quick response Disco Mike, based on what I described you suggest replacing the entire pump? That's what I want to do to avoid taking it off and on several times to troubleshoot? Also the dealership stated I have to put "land rover" fluid in, how true is that?

Regards,

 

Trust me, you will be wasting your time, these pumps don't rebuild well and bottom line you will be looking for a replacement. Now you could call Paul Grant, number in my signature section, and he will sell you a good used one, saving some money, but with all I know about them and their history, I bought a new one.
By the way, just use good synthetic P/S fluid and you will be fine.

 

x2 on getting a new pump. I tried going the rebuilt/used route and ended up replacing 3 PAS pumps since last December. Finally put in a brand new pump and all is well...