How to change powersteering piping

Hello there,

I'm gradually losing more and more PS fluid, ahhhh, mixes in with that oil spot in the garage, gulash.

i changed a fuel line once when I was about 18, basically my first repair, so I know it can be done with those connecting bolts:screwy: here's the situation, recommend cutting and splicing?

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Thanks M8s!:rofl:

If its leaking from a hole in the line itself, I would replace the line. If its the pressure side, don't patch it. There can be anywhere from 800-1500 psi in some parts of the pressure side. The return side only sees about 40 psi so you could temporarily patch it with high pressure hose and a few clamps, but the only real way to do it is get new lines.

Right this is what my friend at work (jiffy lube, aw jeez) said, just replace the line, forget about splicing.

Thanks for the infos on return/send pressures I'll check that out.

g:cwm27:

find out the OEM code for the parts, order them and replace. there's not point patching up rusted-through piping, it'll just fail somewhere else another time. better safe than sorry.

Gents, thought I would share my daily success (so I hope)

So Napa was closed (must be a franchise), Pep Boys told me they don't sell any kind of metal piping, and well autozone always prevails here, they sold me a 3/4 3ft brake line and a flair tool.

yanking out the old one was pretty easy, required jacking up the cah, and I disconnected the reservoir lines so they were dripping on me,

putting the new line in was fine, it came with a screw on end that was the same diameter but sae size instead of metric, screwed in fine right into the turning box, i had bent the line as best as possible, but required some bending while in place, pulling it out, using the axel to bend it around

i flaired the end and stuck it on the hose, no leaks, had to fill the reserv a few times and start before enough new fluid got back into the pump, steering is working fine, but I've still got a puddle in the garage, getting alot of leakeage from under the timing belt cover dunno we'll see where we go, but i think it was leaking or would have been shortly.

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:naughty:

Man. I always hated having to redo those damn pressure pipes.