I hate to have to create a thread for this but I have searched and PM'd members / mods in the hunt for specific answers.

Here it goes... Like a 1,000 other people I have having a Power Steering Leak (94 sc300). It is bad to the point where I must add PS fluid weekly. I have replaced the metal gasket on the pressure line and still have the leak. I have checked and ruled out any hoses as the cause of the leak.

Never having seen my PS pump out of the car, I do not know the location of the “culprit” seals. Using pure guesswork, since I cannot take the PS pump out until the weekend, I would assume that I am leaking where the reservoir meets the pump itself. Is this possible? Is there a seal there? Does that seal often go bad?
Would the fix be as easy as taking the pump out and replacing the seal?

I don’t seem to be leaking from the front / pulley, the cap or the hoses (as mentioned). This is what leads me to believe the leak is somewhere in the area of where the PS pump and Reservoir connect.

Thanks
Tom

 

Ugg, don't wanna have to bump my own thread, but I am doing my tune-up this weekend and still don't have a clear answer on this. Help?