Now, this has been going on for a couple of years!
There is a fluid leak from somewhere around my steering rack - nothing massive, I've perhaps put in a litre of ATF over the past 18 months - but enough to make the area on and around the rack a bit messy.
Previous MoTs have had an advisory, but the local garage has changed their tester, and he's now failed it because of the leak - even though he couldn't tell me where the leak was coming from! The steering is fine, provided there's fluid in the reserviour!

So, from people's previous experience, where could the leak be coming from, and what's the best way of dealing with it? I don't want to get a new rack if it's not needed.

 

O ring on the bottom of the reservoir?

 

+1

Easily sorted.

 

Power steering reseviours on early cars are notoriously crap. That is what usualy leaks.
If this is the problem
Replace with the later version of resevoir (as found on later classics) - they updated it for a reason
Steve

 

hi there i resealed all my powersteering pump on my 93 and forgot the oring on the sensor at the back of the pump, its got a single wire. Im bummed now coz mines badly leaking. hope this helps Ross

 

i found my low presure return pipe had a leak it had a little pin hole near the steering rack end were it goes from rubber to metal it was on the joint it was covered by the metal sleve heat protector so its was hard to spot i would look there ,cause mine looked like the steering rack but it wasnt were it was coming out the pin hole it ran down the pipe and dripped onto steering rack and got very messey i would have look at the pipes that go from steering rack back the power steering pump hope that kelps