power steering leak - O rings

[Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Chris Strohmeyer <chrisstroh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Kenyan said...........
> 
> 4.  "Bad o-rings"?  Anyone else that works on cars
> where you live?  That sounds like bad advice to me,
> but it may be out of context and part of other info
> that he gave?
> 
> Aren't there 1 or 2 large o rings on the power
> steering pump that seals the 
> reservoir can?
> 
> Chris 



True.  There are o-rings.  The way that the thing's
put together sorta precludes catastrophic fluid loss
as described in the letter posted here, but to address
the question:

If I were going to pay a mechanic to deal with this, I
would buy a replacement pump unit that comes with a
warranty so that I didn't have to worry about it.  

Reason being that I don't agree with paying a mechanic
to only partially rebuild a pump for a labor charge
that could very likely equal or exceed the cost of a
replacement.  I would pay the rehab factory that will
give a warranty do that portion instead and get the
whole thing spec'd out by someone that does nothing
but.  That's what I'd do, anyway.  

Also, a failed O-ring seal is highly unlikely to cause
the sort of rapid fluid loss described, so that's what
I was thinking based on the info given, but I wasn't
there.  


Please use an o in my name.  I'm particular about
that.


-Kenyon