So the other day after work I have no power steering for my car. The reservoir is nearly empty, and it had driven normally that morning. Putting more power steering fluid in it resulted in an empty reservoir within 15 minutes of driving, so this leak is quite large. I pulled the gearbox shield off and all of the lines going in to the valve are rusted like crazy.

http://i52.tinypic.com/w223hi.jpg

It looks like the one in the far left of the picture is the one that is leaking, which appears to come from the pump. That's the power steering pressure hose I'm pretty sure, so I'm thinking that probably has to be replaced. I can't seem to find the other replacement lines anywhere since all 3 of those look like they may have the same problem soon to come.

Any ideas or help?

Thanks.

 

ouch!!! you just need to remove the whole thing and I normally would not say that but that thing is very bad. good luck gettin it apart.

 

yea dude you better off in the long run replacing the whole thing because if not the other line will prob go....

 

You guys are thinking I should replace the whole valve body and all the lines ? Man, I just checked with the dealer and that valve body is $600+ just for that part. Doesn't seem like Advance or Autozone even can get the part.

 

What year is your car? First start by replacing lines that you think are leaking. They will have to be replaced regardless of whatever else is also changed. If there's an issue with anything on in rack, just get a reman'd one from Honda for $325.

4th gen:
http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/...=P.S.+GEAR+BOX

 

Before you do too I'd take the belt off the pump, if you let the system run dry you'll ruin your power steering pump.

 

vinuneuro, it's a 1992 and I did order the power steering pressure line which I'm fairly certain is the one that is leaking. I wanted to try to replace the other 3 since they look like the same thing will happen, but I either am not searching for the right part, or I'm unable to actually buy replacements for the remaining 3 lines (which is strange). Do you know if the valve body is attached to the rack if I'd buy the reman'd one? From the looks of the diagram the part on the right end appears that it may be the valve body, but it's somewhat hard to tell.

minilogoguy18, thanks. I actually have just kept it in the garage ever since it happened waiting for the power steering line to come in. I wasn't sure if it would be safe driving it in the condition it was in, but that's a good tip.