Hello,
I started having problems with my power steering, yes another victim, for last week or so my steering would get hard and when i open my hood i would see PS fluid on alternator and little puddle of fluid under the PS reservoir cap, of course i thought, my pump is leaking, took it to a dealer to find out exactly where its leaking from and they say its from the pump. Got home and i was about to order a new pump and decided to look at leaking again myself, since i saw puddle under reservoir cap, i thought maybe its leaking from cap, went to home depot and bought some round rubber sealent they use for sink ***** ($1)
and put it under my cap and close it, wipe all the fluids, basically cleaned the fluids that were everywhere, check on it two days later, no leaks, no fluids anywhere. I was so happy and i shared it with my wife and her response was " thats great honey, can you wash the dishes now". So i figured ill share the info with you guys, maybe someone having same problems and before they make a big money expense, check little ones. The End.

Brandon.

 

Thanks ill try to remember that if and when my pump starts leaking....

CEO

 

That's great Brandon......... you can wash the dishes now

 

hhhmmmm wish i would have tried this before I put in a new P.S. system. Good Job though

 

Thanks SliderSC, I have this issue with one of my other cars and I will try to use this fix, thanks!

 

Slider, I can relate to the "enthusiastic" response your wife gave you!! LOL!!! I get the same from my wife as well.
Since you didn't get the "preferred" response from the Mrs. , I'll supply you with it!

Great work!!! Thanks for helping us with another inexpensive repair!!!

 

my pump was diagnosed with the leakage coming from the o-rings that needed to be change...
maybe ill try this idea before i go any further and save me more $$$..........

 

Glad if i can help anybody out there with their car problems, anyway, i bought an extra one just in case, so i took a picture of it, just to give you guys an idea of what exactly i put in. And now back to dishes.

 

Thanks for sharing!! I'll keep an eye on my power steering reservoir.

 

powersteering leakage onto the alternator is no good. alot of ppl have had thier alternator go out from this just hope it didnt leak enough on it to affect it.

 

Just a quick question that has been bothering me, how does the P/S fluid leak onto the alternator? My P/S pump is on the drivers side of the engine and the alternator is on the passenger side.....

 

i think its only for the sc400 but i dunno how slidersc got power steering fluid on his alternator when i beleive he has a sc300 5pd

 

yep, 300's alternator is on the left side when facing the engine and on the 400's it's on the other side, suceptable to major leakage!

 

You guys are right, its just i was drifting my sc300's and fluid was everywhere when i opened the hood, that sucked. But now its all clean and ready for more sliding.