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Old Apr 17, 2010 | 01:42 PM
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Just been out for a nice raz round the country and when i came home i was greeted with a nice bit of smoke out of the bonnet vents (great) on further inspestion found the power steering pump was leaking theres no loose pipes so the seals must have gone dose anyone have one lying around they would like to sell thanks

its for a 1995 classic wrx
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Old Apr 17, 2010 | 03:52 PM
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Check pistonheads mate. I saw one on there yesterday for £40 i think.

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Old Apr 17, 2010 | 04:06 PM
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Are you sure it's leaking from the pump, and not the bottom of the reservoir? Early classics are notorious for that, especially with the round 3-bolt reservoir bottles.
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Old Apr 17, 2010 | 04:06 PM
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New O ring to fix the same problem just cost me £1.20.
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Old Apr 17, 2010 | 04:26 PM
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i fitted a face lift pump there is a guide in the topic section below this
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Old Apr 17, 2010 | 04:59 PM
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really easy to fix mate ive had to do it to my last 2 classic's all's it is, is the o-ring on the bottom of the reservoir just replace that an it should be fine
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Old Apr 17, 2010 | 06:20 PM
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cheers will try the o ring first before anythin else will let you know how it goes
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Old Apr 18, 2010 | 08:28 PM
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O ring sorted the problem so thanks for the advice saved me some pennies as i had no idea the resivoir came off
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