hi all:

Just jot back from a 400 mile round trip up to northern michigan. I had drops of power steering fluid on the driveway from the steering rack. Question is are there o-rings or seals from the hose to the rack that can be replaced to stop leaking? The buzzing is from my power steering pump and I just want the car to stop wining and leaking without replacing the rack, which otherwise seems to be ok....thx....

I used lucas stop leak for a long time. It works well. My mechanic added regular fluid when he replaced the transmission and that's the problem right now. Looks like rebuilt racks are 190.00 or so and a used pump is about 30-40.00 on ebay. Lines are about 100.00 each. Looks like I have a new project. I will have the pump replaced first just to get rid of the bearing noise.... thx for input.

Where exactly are the drips originating from is the main question... I just recently replaced the two cross-over pipes on my 1997 855s rack due to drippage. There are teflon crush-to-form washers/gaskets that came with the new lines. These are installed at the factory before the tube is flared, so there is no way to get a replacement one on/off...
I havent dealt with either of the hi or lo pressure lines yet, I would assume there is some sort of gasket or crush washer there as well.

Hi, the first question is: where is the leaking point?
- main line joints; easy to check and fix but not propable
- pinion joint (wheel axel to rack); makes the whole bottom of car dirty / rack removal
- cylinder seals /rack removal
an additive is cheap and easy but hardly long lasting but could be used for time shifting for final fix

br tapsa
850/94 rack pinion seal fix in 2008 with 210kkm, still running fine

My Rack started leaking, and I used the Lucas P/S treatment and it worked.
You get a turkey baster and remove what you can and add this stuff designed
to swell up the weeping seals.

Good luck, Bill

I second what Bill said, but I used synthetic ATF instead of Lucas. I did it once about 3 1/2 years ago and I just finished doing it again. Both times the leak stopped within a month. My rack and pump have about 235k on them and are still going strong! A big money saver...:)