Gushing Resevoir 5000cs TQ Problems

[Jeffrey Holliday]

Hi it been awhile things were great.
But today I went to lunch and noticed the steering was tightening up.
I pulled away from a drive up atm and there was a puddle.
I opened the hood and the reservoir was all wet and  was everywhere gravity
took it.

There is bubbles in the fluid , What little is left.

the high and low press hoses are fine.

is this the end of the pump?  the rack? But the rack is dry even at the
ends.

is it bad fluid?  this stuff is not cheap.

can I use some ATF fluid or hydraulic fluid?

There was no strange sounds from the moving pump but recently there is a
knocking sound when I turned the wheel.

1987 5000CS TQ   146,000 mi

Thanks

Jeffrey Holliday
Boulder CO

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