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Junior Member Thread Starter Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 14 Likes: 0 Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts power steering coming out of Boot? hi HT.comJust picked up my first civic, its a 99 lx saloon. And first thing Ive done the next day was get a oil change, as while it was lifted up, i noticed a consistent leak of power steering coming from the cv boot?! (driver side) I just looked at the level of power steering and its all out after a day..whats wrong? Honda-Tech Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2,752 Likes: 0 Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts Re: power steering coming out of Boot? The power steering system and the boot arent related... If you have a leak in the power steering, check all the connections. The resevoir and I think return line on the pump have hose clamps and the others are either like pipe fittings or like the one on top the pump has a part that bolts in and has an O-ring to seal it. make sure your CV boots arent torn. If they just tore, you can put a new one on, but its easier to just buy a new axle for like $60 instead of $40 for both boots... Honda-Tech Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 45,219 Likes: 0 Received 33 Likes on 14 Posts Re: power steering coming out of Boot? You are probably talking about PS fluid leaking from driver-side boot of the steering rack. This means that the end seal has a severe leak. You generally need to replace the entire steering rack to fix. Honda-Tech Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Beach, De, USA Posts: 1,068 Likes: 0 Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts Re: power steering coming out of Boot? ^ Hes right, and its a pain in the ***. Junior Member Thread Starter Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 14 Likes: 0 Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts Re: power steering coming out of Boot? so is there anything I can do? would the best bet be just take all the power steering componets off? Honda-Tech Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Beach, De, USA Posts: 1,068 Likes: 0 Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts Re: power steering coming out of Boot? The best thing you could do would to be replace the steering rack. You could get a manual rack and put that on, but that would still be the same amount of trouble as the power rack. Junior Member Thread Starter Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 14 Likes: 0 Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts Re: power steering coming out of Boot? what if I just replace the boot? I REALLY REALLY do not wanna change the whole steering rack.. Honda-Tech Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 45,219 Likes: 0 Received 33 Likes on 14 Posts Re: power steering coming out of Boot? Quote: Originally Posted by Mr.Volks what if I just replace the boot? I REALLY REALLY do not wanna change the whole steering rack.. It doesnt work that way. The boot is a dust cover not a fluid seal. The leaking fluid seal is located at the end of the rack. You need to remove the rack to replace it, or do what most people do, just replace the rack. You can buy a rebuilt one for less than $300, but then you have to install it yourself if you dont want to pay a mechanic. Junior Member Thread Starter Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 14 Likes: 0 Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts Re: power steering coming out of Boot? ok, I forgot to mention, that the actually reservoir for the power steering is wet, and looks to be leaking there too, could that be of any relevance?could by chance that be the reason why its leaking from that steering boot? Last edited by Mr.Volks; 01-08-2010 at 09:30 PM. 97, 99, accord, boot, civic, fluid, honda, leaking, mdx, power, rack, steering, torn, transmission, whats, wrong Apologies if I missed searching in archive threads:A4 BEW 2004 Jetta Wagon TDI. Been seeing Power Steering fluid leak at the Tie Rod Boots. Clamps had come loose (Mechanic used plastic zip ties). I applied metal clamps to remedy, I thought.Now outer end driver boot on tie rod shows split and leaks. Why, given installed in 2015, new tie rods with boots and my originals lasted from 2004 till 2015.So occured to me, I have bigger problem. If fluid in Tie Rod Boot, is it really the Steering Rack leaking? Its original (222k miles). Researching my Robert Bentley, but cant fnd any clues there.If just the boot is issue, dont suppose they make a split boot to install and save taking off tie rod. Had such for old VW Beetle (65) on CV joints.Maybe I need another mechanic.Thanks. Unfortunately your going to need to replace the rack seals. You have to pull the rack off the car to do it. You might as well do the full job, get all the gaskets and seals. Your probably have this issue to the wrong fluid used. Yeah the inner tie rod boots are just dust covers, there is no fluid behind them normally. Youre probably going to be replacing the steering rack, nobody I know of rebuilds them though there must be some who do as there is a gasket kit available. just about every rack i have come across is about the same when it comes to traditional power steering. end seals, input shaft seal, a few orings some times, thats it. 90% of the work is getting the darn thing out and back in, rebuilding them may seem infuriating but once you are able to figure out how to strip them down, its fairly easy. if you DO have it replaced, go OEM, its probably going to cost about as much as your car is worth lol. this is why i rebuild racks, i never did a mk4, but i did my mk3, i cant imagine there much different. im sure there is a write up on this somewhere. $20 in seals and fluid, a 3 day weekend for sure!you will probably need to rebuild the steering pump too. on VW its mission critical to use the proper fluid for the steering and transmission. use the wrong stuff and this happens. there is NO chemical solution for a mechanical problem. Thats the issue, there is no write up Im aware of anywhere. Rockauto has a Gates kit with all the seals.Idparts has new racks and of course the junkyard is full of used ones. These racks rarely fail, Id be OK with a used one myself. However brand new ones are not terribly expensive. Rebuilt ones (Cardone, etc.) usually do not last very long. Well, not li ike its complicated to rebuild them. You need a c clip pair of pliers and a few other typical tools like pics, punches, and your typical sockets ect. Most of these VW racks are built very similar and the link I posted should get you 90% of the way with what to do. Rebuild is going to be your best option. I put a used one in about 5 years ago, because mine was leaking, its been good so far.I followed the link I didnt realize there was a write up on a rebuild. Youre right thats pretty much the same rack or close to it. Definitely a nasty job to remove one of these. Was therefore thinking OEM replacement to speed along. Rock Auto confuses me as they talk With Variable Ratio (Servotronic) and WO Variable Ratio both under 2004 A4 TDI. My Robert Bentley manual makes no mention or distinction. Id be inclined to guess my TDI is With Out, but....Also in case...any one know of reliable independent VW mechanic in Baltimore MD area. I hesitate to drive it back to Southern NJ at this point. But.... but..... the work to change the seals is 10x easier than pulling the rack its self and costs about $20!Just rebuild it! Unless it has a lot of play in it. Look up seller at BBB and do some review searching on them. Never purchased from them before. Seems fair price for a reman that will give you nightmares of issues down the road. Think I would have to see a video on changing seals while rack is still mounted on car. Will check YouTube. And need tools to get Tie Rods off. But.... but..... the work to change the seals is 10x easier than pulling the rack its self and costs about $20!Just rebuild it! Unless it has a lot of play in it. Look up seller at BBB and do some review searching on them. Never purchased from them before. Seems fair price for a reman that will give you nightmares of issues down the road. So you are saying you can rebuild it in situ? So you are saying you can rebuild it in situ? No. You have to pull it to rebuild it. But the work was done, no reason to not rebuild it once pulled unless worn. Or you hate money and love reman garbage.

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