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YOUR RESEARCHPower steering leak - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
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high pressure line
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I had a mystery power steering leak/failure that turned out to be the high pressure line that had chaffed thru.
Power steering leak - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
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Check underneath the car
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Suggestion
Refill the steering system, add a small amount of UV dye for hydraulic fluid, run the system, check underneath the car with a UV light; the source of the leak will light up like it was Chistmas....
Power steering leak - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
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Leading evidence: 'high pressure line' (1 discussions report identifying this cause; no attributable repair resolution). Across 1 matching discussions, the most frequently mentioned possible cause is 'high pressure line' (1 discussions; 1 report identifying it and 0 suggest it). The most frequently discussed action is 'Check underneath the car' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.
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Power steering leak - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Check underneath the car
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Suggestion
Refill the steering system, add a small amount of UV dye for hydraulic fluid, run the system, check underneath the car with a UV light; the source of the leak will light up like it was Chistmas....
Power steering leak - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Run system
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Refill the steering system, add a small amount of UV dye for hydraulic fluid, run the system, check underneath the car with a UV light; the source of the leak will light up like it was Chistmas....
Power steering leak - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Run turn the wheel and saw fluid spraying
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I looked under the car while it was running, turn the wheel and saw fluid spraying from somewhere.
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Check underneath the car
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Suggestion
Refill the steering system, add a small amount of UV dye for hydraulic fluid, run the system, check underneath the car with a UV light; the source of the leak will light up like it was Chistmas....
Power steering leak - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Run system
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Suggestion
Refill the steering system, add a small amount of UV dye for hydraulic fluid, run the system, check underneath the car with a UV light; the source of the leak will light up like it was Chistmas....
Power steering leak - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
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A few weeks ago while parking my car I developed a massive power steering fluid leak, appeared to dump out all at once. Yesterday, I replaced the pump and reservoir. Fired the car up, turned the steering wheel back and forth a few times. Same loud "growl" as before and the same massive power steering fluid dump. I looked under the car while it was running, turn the wheel and saw fluid spraying from somewhere. I looked down into the engine compartment and the top is dry Any thoughts of what failure is or where to look? Seven hours of time wasted changing out the pump. FRUSTRATED. Please help.
Refill the steering system, add a small amount of UV dye for hydraulic fluid, run the system, check underneath the car with a UV light; the source of the leak will light up like it was Chistmas....
Following JFP's advice is your best bet.
I had a mystery power steering leak/failure that turned out to be the high pressure line that had chaffed thru. The rubber grommet at one of the support brackets had popped out of the bracket and the line had been rubbing against the metal bracket instead of being supported by it. I spent an hour trying to find the leak as it was not readily visible even though the general area where the leak was located was obvious.
Snaking the original line out and getting the replacement back in took a couple more hours.
The power steering return line rubbed up against the exhaust manifold and burned a hole through it. Can the line be removed without taking out the pump again?
Flouese,
I was able to replace the metal portion of the high pressure line without removing the PS pump. It was necessary to remove the belt and loosen the AC compressor mounting bolts to lift the compressor up a bit and slide the line under it. As I said in my previous response snaking the line into place was a bit of a challenge as it goes around and under the AC compressor, but not difficult just challenging. As I recall I found some instructions somewhere, maybe on the Pelican site.
Just realized you're asking about the return line, ignore what I said above...!
