[20v] Remedies for Leaky Steering Rack

[Ed Kellock]

That's what I'm talking about. In my experience Mobil1 synthetic ATF won't
hurt anything. In my experience it has dried up seepy/leaky systems.
1990-1994 V8q and a 91 200q Avant. I have mixed with Pentosin and Chevron
Rykon ISO 32.

Ed
On Jun 9, 2016 10:17 AM, "Steve Sears" <steve.sears at soil-mat.on.ca> wrote:

> Hi Chris,
> My 5ktq used to leak significant volumes of Pentosin from the rack.  I
> switched to Mobil 1 ATF and the leaks stopped....so you may consider trying
> that before replacing the rack.
> Cheers!
> Steve Sears
> 2001 allroad 6MT
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> Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2016 07:54:06 -0400
> From: Peter Schulz <p.schulz at verizon.net>
> To: Christopher Gharibo <cgharibo at usa.net>
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> unfortunately due to the type of seals in the rack the remedy is
> replacement
>
> > On Jun 2, 2016, at 3:16 PM, Christopher Gharibo <cgharibo at usa.net>
> wrote:
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> > I have a '91 coupe quattro with a leaking steering rack. Are there any
> stop-leak remedies that anyone can recommend?
> >
> > Thank you.
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