Power Steering Fluid Loss

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Tue Jan 05, 2016 7:53 pm

We discovered significant loss of power steering fluid this evening.
It was too dark to find out where it's coming from. Let's hope it's not the rack.
Unfortunately, I won't be able to find the time to look at it properly for a while, but the car is needed for short daily journeys.
More stuff to worry about.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Tue Jan 05, 2016 8:28 pm

Which car?

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Tue Jan 05, 2016 9:41 pm

keep it topped up it will be fine if it gets nicked you can just follow the trail of fluid

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Wed Jan 06, 2016 12:29 am

wurlycorner wrote:
Which car?

The Prelude.

As an aside, is it possible that leaking fluid can get on to the steering position sensor? If so, it might explain why my 4WS re-set doesn't always work ...

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Jan 06, 2016 7:52 am

It's possible, yep - the sensor on the rack.

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Wed Jan 06, 2016 6:22 pm

nope it has its own cover and seal mine was leaking like a colander but the 4ws was absolutely fine but the sensor itself may be proper goosed

Scott560 · Post by **Scott560** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 5:33 pm

Mine was leaking from the metal cooling pipes - they had corroded to the point of being porous - strangely overnight , i guess they cracked as they cooled down after a long journey.