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Originally Posted by Bewsa
I'm having similar issues with my (00) V70 T5 at the moment. Steering wheel sits naturally at about 10 degrees ACW to drive straight, and when I top the fluid up it lasts me about 3/4 miles before going heavy again. Then the next time I park it leaks out all over the car park/my drive. So to me that suggests that it's not the rack that's gone, because it's dumping more once it's depressurised (engine off, etc) - so it's a bit higher up the system, hopfully just the pipework going into the control valve or something easy to replace. I thought the steering wheel angle might suggest that it's after the control valve (and that it's the system trying to make up for a loss in pressure on one side) but it's still doing it now there's basically no fluid in the system. So that's probably just the tracking that needs sorting.
I've only had the car a month (my first Volvo actually) and I'm planning to have it up on stands tonight to get a look at it properly, I'm hoping it's just the associated piping that's just had enough after 19 years, but do you guys know if it's a common issue to have leaky steering racks?
Also Jack, in my experience using stop-leak is usually only good once. Each time you use it, the interval will be shorter before you'll need to use it again.
Cheers
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Hi Bewsa
Two thoughts for you.
I had evidence of fluid leak from my steering rack so I booked it in to Halfords for a free steering check. They confirmed that the seals were starting to go and quoted £508 for a recon steering rack fitted (three weeks lead time for a rack)
I took the car to Steering Specialists Limited in Horbury who took the rack out, rebushed and sealed it and put it back for £360.
Dave