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PostPosted: Mon May 31, 2004 10:42 pm 
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My dart leaks power steering fluid... There's no continuous leak... it just leaks out when it feels like it. I can't tell if it's when I turn the wheel or if it's when the car's not level or when I hit bumps or whatever... it just leaks when it leaks. Actually, it's more like spews. One thing I think might be the cause is that the front left shock/strut is fairly bad and sags a little... but I can't figure out why it only 'leaks' sometimes, and others it won't at all. Should the cap of the power steering be air-tight or just loosely on there? It says "Vented" so I figure it shouldn't be, yet that's where I think all the fluid is coming out of.

Thanks in advance for your help.


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PostPosted: Mon May 31, 2004 10:54 pm 
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The cap should be snug on the reservoir. The vent is that small point in the center of the cap.... has a spring on the underside that vents pressure if it happens to build up in the reservoir.

I would clean up the pump with some degreaser or whatever your favorite method is, and next time it leaks look carefully to see where the leak is coming from. Probably a seal is starting to deteriorate?

Try some power stearing stop leak. This swells up the rubber seals so they, well, seal better ;) This worked for me. I hear adding a bit of brake fluid in to the ps reservoir does the same thing, but the stop leak fluid is only a couple of bucks at the local auto store.


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