Hi Guys!
I had a leak with my power steering fluid, it was at the L shaped join to the left of the throttle body. After searching google and this site, the only answer i seemed to come up with is replace the pipes (which can be quite expensive).
I took the L shaped join off the 2 pipes and noticed the O rings were knackered and 1 was even missing! I went to my local motor factors and got a 10mm O ring for 10p each and put them in. Put everything back on and the leak was still there. I looked at the pipe again and noticed the copper thing at the end of the pipe which causes the seal was very battered. I went to B and Q and showed the bloke in there what i needed and he suggested taking the metal parts off (which are called olivs) off and put fresh ones on, 4 10mm Olivs cost £1.19. Went back home, took the old ones off (one had to be burnt off) and replaced them both. Topped the fluid up and the leak has completely gone!
Basically all im saying is it cost me less that £3 and a hours time to solve the problem instead of going to the scrap yard and getting new pipes.
Hope this helps some1 out there!
Dave
I had a leak with my power steering fluid, it was at the L shaped join to the left of the throttle body. After searching google and this site, the only answer i seemed to come up with is replace the pipes (which can be quite expensive).
I took the L shaped join off the 2 pipes and noticed the O rings were knackered and 1 was even missing! I went to my local motor factors and got a 10mm O ring for 10p each and put them in. Put everything back on and the leak was still there. I looked at the pipe again and noticed the copper thing at the end of the pipe which causes the seal was very battered. I went to B and Q and showed the bloke in there what i needed and he suggested taking the metal parts off (which are called olivs) off and put fresh ones on, 4 10mm Olivs cost £1.19. Went back home, took the old ones off (one had to be burnt off) and replaced them both. Topped the fluid up and the leak has completely gone!
Basically all im saying is it cost me less that £3 and a hours time to solve the problem instead of going to the scrap yard and getting new pipes.
Hope this helps some1 out there!
Dave