Re: Power Steering Leak

[Drew Mouton <drew@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Frank,

Just a little word of advice - I've had two PS resevoir leaks on two 
different 3-series cars, and in each case it wasn't the hose that was 
leaking, it was the resevoir itself: small amounts of fluid leaking out 
of the seam where the upper and lower half meet, then aggregating on the 
hose to make it *appear* as though the crimp fitting was weak.

In both case, btw, I bought new resevoirs ($30) and replaced the one-use 
crimped clamp with screw down fittings. No problems since.

Drew

It appears that on 1/1/01 2:18 PM, E. Frank Clements at 
efrankc@domain.elided said:

>I have a '94 325is, 5sp with a leak from the hose connection(s) at the
>bottom of the power steering reservoir.  One hose is a rubber line
>leading to a crimped connection on the power steering cooler and the
>other is a rubber hose leading to a crimped connection to the fitting
>connected to the pump.

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