Re: Urq leaking power steering pump

[Richard Funnell <rfunnell@pobox.com>]

Eric,

It's been a common item for my car.  I had it rebuilt several years ago for
a leak at the rear of the pump.  It's leaking again and about time for
another round.

Richard'83 urQ

At 10:52 AM 11/5/98 -0600, Fluhr wrote:
>
>My urquattro has a leaky power steering pump.  I initially thought
>it to be a poor seal on the connection with the high pressure output
>hose, but replacing the aluminum sealing washers did not solve the
>problem.  I currently cannot determine where the leak is coming
>from, although it seems to be somewhere at the bottom rear of the
>pump.
>
>Is this some kind of common failure mode for these pumps?   Would
>a rebuild fix it right up?
>
>Thanks,
>Eric
>'85 CGT, '82 urq
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