Hi Group... I've been driving without power steering for the last half of this winter waiting for spring to find and fix the leak. This past weekend we had two 50+ degree days so I cut the old lines out. What I found was a rust hole at the rearmost rubber clip that holds both lines to the frame of the van. The clip was holding splinters of metal from the pipe. These clips should probably be inspected and the metal treated on any van driving in winter road salt. This was the only point of failure in the whole run of pipe. I installed Frank Condelli's ready made hydraulic hose with no issues. That's a really nice solution if you want to replace the whole run. -- John Meeks '91 Multivan, '85 GL bits Northern Michigan KC8ZFN Vanagon Rescue Squad http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon_Rescue_Squad74.htm |
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