i lost all power steering and steam shooting out the bonnet after closer inspection one of the pipes had split that goes to the top of the rad its a my99 any help would be greatfull as i need to fix it at the weekend and will have to get the bloody train into work tomorrow

 

has the belt come off the power steering?

 

not that i am aware of but i forgot to add there is oil sprayed all over the air filter maf etc on that side

 

coolant pipe bursting wouldn't cause the power steering to fail, sounds like a snapped belt that has hit the pipe and split it???

could be wrong but just a guess

 

thanks i will ckeck tomorrom it was dark when i broke down just patched it to get me home i was only up the road from house

 

belt is still in tact nothing else has mooved just a lot of oil looking stuff all over the place

 

your power steering pipe will have burst then. hence steering failure.

the U bend pipe above the radiator common for corrosion.

replace pipe, fill back up with power steering fluid and you'll be back to normal.

 

cheers gonna do it today

 

I have a similar problem,
I think it's the pipe with a u-bend that sits in front of the radiator, although it must be a tiny leak.
Any ideas where to get a replacement pipe ,other then from subaru as they only sell the whole assembly which is £120+ !!!!
Perhaps some sort of pipe bent into shape would do?
Also how do I drain the power steering system?

 

You could just get a new pipe made up. there is a firm in Essex, Abbey Hoses, that make re-inforced hosing. There is probably loas of other firms that do it across the country.

 

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