p/s leak

[sleepersupra]

i'm in the middle of getting ready for an intercooler from driftmotion to install and i have everything off and was wondering where is it possible for the powersteering to leak from that would get it on my lower intercooler pipes? i can't see it come out and it seems to be on everything so it's hard to narrow it down but everything seems tight so just looking to see if you guys had any suggestions.

Mike

 

[catback]

clean it all up 1st
jack it up 2nd
have a friend turn the wheel back and forth until you spot the leak
it's probably just a line that runs along the ps rack

gl

 

[bigal0043]

my guess would say to check the line that comes off the resvoir..

 

[sleepersupra]

thanks to you both, i will try that. if anyone comes up with anything else let me know

 

[b005t3d]

you could have a busted rack like i do. if i jack mine up, i can watch ps fluid come out of the boot on the passenger side. if thats the case, go to your local junk yard and pull a ps rack from a 2nd gen rx7. tighter ratio and a bit smaller. but, if you do replace your rack, be prepared to throw some shit across your shop or garage. its frustrating. good luck.

 

[SupraDreamPDR]

you could have a busted rack like i do. if i jack mine up, i can watch ps fluid come out of the boot on the passenger side. if thats the case, go to your local junk yard and pull a ps rack from a 2nd gen rx7. tighter ratio and a bit smaller. but, if you do replace your rack, be prepared to throw some shit across your shop or garage. its frustrating. good luck.

having the same problem, leaks on pass. side when the car is jacked up. i take it you swapped yours out for an FC's? how bad was the install and do you think its really worth it or just go with a working stock replacement?

 

[Big Wang Bandit]

I really need to jack mine u and pinpoint the leak. Then I can take the P/S fluid ejector valve mod out of my sig.

 

[Halsupramk3]

the high preasure hose is prone to leak if its old. Also there are o rings in the union bolt on the side that the hose connects to. You can replace these 2 O rings with oem pieces. I think this is a piece that controls the preasure output of the pump as it has some kind of piston in it or valve. The res hose can leak too and it is hard to find a hose for it that can tolerate power steering fluid. There is also a o ring on the top port that can leak. That port is a Y shaped metal pipe that the res hose connects too. You have to remove the two side bolts to get it off and install teh O ring. This is a weird size oring and needs to be oem. I removed my PS pump and replaced these o rings to stop my leaks. There is a PS pump rebuild kit but it is expensive as the large orings that seal the pump up are expensive. The rings i listed are the ones that have the capacity to leak most often that i know of.

 

[sleepersupra]

the high preasure hose is prone to leak if its old. Also there are o rings in the union bolt on the side that the hose connects to. You can replace these 2 O rings with oem pieces. I think this is a piece that controls the preasure output of the pump as it has some kind of piston in it or valve. The res hose can leak too and it is hard to find a hose for it that can tolerate power steering fluid. There is also a o ring on the top port that can leak. That port is a Y shaped metal pipe that the res hose connects too. You have to remove the two side bolts to get it off and install teh O ring. This is a weird size oring and needs to be oem. I removed my PS pump and replaced these o rings to stop my leaks. There is a PS pump rebuild kit but it is expensive as the large orings that seal the pump up are expensive. The rings i listed are the ones that have the capacity to leak most often that i know of.

thats some good info there, thanks. i'll check that out.

 

[b005t3d]

having the same problem, leaks on pass. side when the car is jacked up. i take it you swapped yours out for an FC's? how bad was the install and do you think its really worth it or just go with a working stock replacement?

i havent done it on mine personally but i helped my boy back in va beach do his. like i said before, if youve never shanged out a rack, good luck and bring on the sedatives. cuz your gonna be mad.
you can probrabley find a stock replacement and the fc one for the same price at a yard($150-200). but, in my experience, buying a new one will run you close to 700 dollars.
eitherway, a haynes or chilton manual will help you through it with minimal differences in the stock and the fc rack. you should be able to figure it out. if you trained your monkey, let him do it. haha
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