Leaky steering rack
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Leaky steering rack
Hi everyone, I need some advice concerning a leak. My jaguar has not been used for a fair while, mostly because of this leak and moving house many times. Consequently the car has been locked up in a garage for two years.
Prior to being incarcerated it started leaking power steering fluid, it is coming from the high pressure steering hose where it is attached to the rack. I had a garage look at it, and 'repair' it, the repair lasted about six weeks. Another garage wanted to charge me the best part of a thousand pounds to replace the rack.
Now I am no mechanic surely this is a problem with the o ring in the union? Is it? It seems that the garage number 1 fitted some kind of rubber o ring, is this correct? Should it be nylon? Does the car need a new rack?
The car itself is in extremely good condition with less than 100k, has a full service history, pretty much unmarked. It would be a shame to throw it away in my opinion. Anyone any ideas?
Prior to being incarcerated it started leaking power steering fluid, it is coming from the high pressure steering hose where it is attached to the rack. I had a garage look at it, and 'repair' it, the repair lasted about six weeks. Another garage wanted to charge me the best part of a thousand pounds to replace the rack.
Now I am no mechanic surely this is a problem with the o ring in the union? Is it? It seems that the garage number 1 fitted some kind of rubber o ring, is this correct? Should it be nylon? Does the car need a new rack?
The car itself is in extremely good condition with less than 100k, has a full service history, pretty much unmarked. It would be a shame to throw it away in my opinion. Anyone any ideas?
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The high pressure hose is only $70 and shouldn't be too hard to replace, the new hose assembly will come with the new o-ring seals. Any mechanic should be able to tell if the hose or rack is bad very quickly.
Worst case, a used or preferably re-manufactured racks cost only $50-$200 on E-bay and labor shouldn't be more than 3-4 hours total to install.
Good luck and let us know how it works out.
Worst case, a used or preferably re-manufactured racks cost only $50-$200 on E-bay and labor shouldn't be more than 3-4 hours total to install.
Good luck and let us know how it works out.
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