Mick

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I seemed to have had a PAS leak somewhere on the motorway

Boy did I get a shock trying to turn onto the roundabout after the slip road . This PAS makes us real namby pamby drivers I tell you!

Where is the most likely point for failure. Is it a DIY job? Am I best going to a dealer to get it sorted? What sort of cost is likely?

Thanks (I think )

Mick

PS I have some photos of the offending underside that I could e-mail if it could help someone give me some guidance - pretty please

Joseph

This is your lucky day.
Having just experienced the same problems last week.

I believe the rack has a tendancy to leak at the seals and it mey need re-sealing, however it may only be the vey fixable problem of a loose bolt which is allowing the oil to leak out.

If you get it onto a ram so you can get a good view and use a torch, look up towards the engine above the bottom part of the rack and fidlle around with a few bolts to see if the are loose. I suspect it has just vibreted itself loose. Mine did and saved me £300 plus 3-4 day wait.

Hope this helps.
J.

Mick

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Joseph

Cheers, is that the centre part of the rack? I presume you need to take the shrapnel tray of to get at it properly?

Mick

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Having had a good inspection it seems to be a leak from the PAS fluid return pipe. Hopefully that won't be too expensive, looks like it could be unpleasant to fit though

Mick