Date:         Thu, 29 Nov 2018 16:56:56 -0800
Reply-To:     David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Power steering rack leak
Comments: To: "jack007@COMCAST.NET" <jack007@comcast.net>
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hmmm.... .  Our vans use automatic transmission fluid instead of power
steering fluid in the ps unit.  Is this Lucas stuff compatible with auto
fluid?  I would certainly want to make sure before I used it.  Beyond that,
I might trust the stuff as a short term fix for around town.  But that's
not why i have a VW camper.  It's for camping, including getting to back
country locations.  I don't want something to fail when I am way back in it.

On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 3:38 PM Jack R <jack007@comcast.net> wrote:

> I too replaced my PS Rack on my 84 Westy about 7 years ago, then in the
> summer of 2017, a leak started up, leaving a puddle of about 3 inches in
> size overnight.
>
>
> I topped off the PS fluid with Lucas PS Stop-Leak, and as the summer
> progressed, the puddle got smaller... refilling each time with Lucas.
> I'm pleased to say, there were NO LEAKS at all this past summer!
>
> https://lucasoil.com/products/problem-solvers-utility/lucas-power-steering-stop-leak
>
> Wish I had tried that before replacing my original rack.
>
> Cheap and worth a try.
>
> Jack
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of email99@nc.rr.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2018 4:27 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Power steering rack leak
>
> Well, it's happened again.�  Just like clockwork.�  Another 7 years and
> the power steering rack leaks again.�  When I replaced it in 1997 it had
> a lifetime warranty but today I am reminded that "lifetime" means the
> lifetime of the business that sold it and not the lifetime of Vanagon
> ownership.
>
> It's leaking from the two-bolt plate that controls the spring that puts
> axial force on the steering pinion shaft.�  Has anyone had any success in
> sealing this plate?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ed
>