Leaking power steering fluid
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Leaking power steering fluid
Discovery 2003
So all I did this morning was move my car from the yard and in to the drive way. It became really hard to steer and when I got out of the car it was leaking a puddle of ps fluid towards the front of the motor. The hose at the bottom of the pump is loose and coated with ps fluid. How can i tighten it? There were no hose clamps, I put some on but it didn't stop the leak.
So all I did this morning was move my car from the yard and in to the drive way. It became really hard to steer and when I got out of the car it was leaking a puddle of ps fluid towards the front of the motor. The hose at the bottom of the pump is loose and coated with ps fluid. How can i tighten it? There were no hose clamps, I put some on but it didn't stop the leak.
Last edited by DiscoRover007; 03-27-2011 at 03:02 PM.
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Discovery 2003
So all I did this morning was move my car from the yard and in to the drive way. It became really hard to steer and when I got out of the car it was leaking a puddle of ps fluid towards the front of the motor. The hose at the bottom of the pump is loose and coated with ps fluid. How can i tighten it? There were no hose clamps, I put some on but it didn't stop the leak.
So all I did this morning was move my car from the yard and in to the drive way. It became really hard to steer and when I got out of the car it was leaking a puddle of ps fluid towards the front of the motor. The hose at the bottom of the pump is loose and coated with ps fluid. How can i tighten it? There were no hose clamps, I put some on but it didn't stop the leak.
That being said, there is no trick here. If your new hose clamp didn't work, either the hose is junk (did you check the end to see if it's rotten/cracked/split?) or the leak is elsewhere (which would pretty much have to be the pump or the pressure hose from your description).
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Yea I'll give that a shot. Is there a place where I can get those spring clamps? Can Napa order those? I think what happened was that I had a head gasket leak on the drivers side and it pissed coolant all over that area and may have rusted the clamp until it broke off. Thus me not being able to find the clamp.