So I have found at least one of my leaks and it's the actual rubber hose (there are two) that come from the PS Pump down to where the rubber meets the black tubing that starts to run under the car. So I'm getting oil down at the bottom of the crimp. Now just behind that is the transition from that rubber/crimp to a brass coupler to the black tubing. When I grab the rubber hoe and turn the coupler allows it to turn right meaning it's not rigid from the rubber through to the tubing. I hope that makes sense. What I don't understand is how does that disconnect so I can replace the rubber hose?
I will need to take the drivers intake off and possibly the A/C unit to have access but that's ok. I figure while I'm there I might as well replace the PS resivour and o-ring because it's cheap and why not. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Dave
hi Dave, how are the repairs coming along? I recently had to deal with a PS leak as well (mine was somewhere upfront and below the car. my local indy techs managed to replace the portion of the hose that was damaged and replaced the 4 pairs of O-rings as a preventative maintenance.
LOL.... your timing is perfect. On Saturday I pulled the drivers seat, top and front access covers and starred into the abyss. NEVER will I complain again about changing the spark plugs on a
911
. Took me 2 hours to get the damn drivers side intake out due to that last bolt that virtually has ZERO access unless you want to bust up some of the plastic tubing. Made short work of the A/C pump and left it all connected and pulled up and to the side slightly. Due to my lift which is a ramp style, I had to finagle a bit to get the plastic off the bottom of the car but managed to unscrew the connection point on the pressure line and then unloosen the other point on the PS pump and snake that line out the bottom of the car. No fun. Getting the new one in was even more of a challenge but I got it. I tried to replace the bottom PS reservoir while the PS pump was in the car. No go.... and learned some secrets there. That P/S pump will come out the back but you have to carefully move the wiring harness that's in a plastic rail that snakes along the top of the engine case. But like I said, the pump will eventually come out. The other tricky part is the return line that plugs into that bottom reservoir. There's a red plastic lip and your supposed to have a special
Porsche
wedge that you slide over the connection/red lip and then push in on the hose and then slide it out with the tool/plastic lip as well. It didn't go so well for me but I didn't care because I was replacing the bottom reservoir anyway. I made my own tool but it ended up messing the red/plastic lip up worse than it already was. Your screwed at that point but I used a small butane torch and heated up that spot and the red plastic piece got hot enough to slide out. At that point the plastic reservoir is shot. Not so sure that red plastic piece wasn't already a messed up as the power steering pump was replaced on my car just before I bought it. I'm ordering the return line hose this morning. When I was nose deep into that corner of the engine bay, one of the rubber grommets that hold's the line in place was shot and the tubing had been rubbing on the u-shaped receptacle that holds the grommet. I'm not going to do this again anytime soon (knock on wood) so I'm just going to replace that return line. That's where I'm at as I type. When done I will have a P/S pump replaced about 6 months ago. All new lower and upper Reservoir's, new lines from the pump to the bottom of the car. Trust me, the was the hard job. If the line going forward have an issue it's a piece of cake. Also replaced the rubber on the intakes, new gaskets and new injector o-rings. Did the serpentine belt and plugs a couple of months ago. Hopefully it will be done by Thursday. I'm so sore. At 61 I don't get into the positions that this
Cayman
require but hey, it's all good. Couple of aspirins and I'm good to go.
it seems like a good investment of time and effort to keep the car running smoothly and to enjoy for years to come.
it seems like a good time to start driving the car more now!
