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Dustin Imports
10-20-2003, 05:09 AM
It leaks slow, and the rad fan sprays it on the manifold and burns it...

the hose is in big circle, leak is little circle (fitting).

smells like oil, but is it a power steering line?


Drew
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Dustin Imports
10-20-2003, 06:32 AM
is it the high pressure ps line? anyone have pricing on this part? or can I just replace the fitting?
Sabz5150
10-20-2003, 06:51 AM
Grab one from the junkyard. Your local Honda dealership should be able to hook you up with any seals/gaskets/etc that you'll need.
Sabz5150
10-20-2003, 06:53 AM
Oh yeah.... power steering fluid strips paint so be careful about that.
Dustin Imports
10-20-2003, 06:59 AM
so that is the powersteering hose?
meangreenLXi
10-20-2003, 07:07 AM
believe so, I just went through the same thing. Napa has a hose for about $40, autozone $85, pepboys $75 (better quality $134), had the same problem, the oil is dripping from the powersteering pressure hose that's above the manifold, it may not even be hitting the fan. My radiator was leaking first and engine was smoking, got the radiator patched and still the white smoke, i thought it was the o2 sensor, but after further inspection, the fluid from the powersteering pressure hose above the manifold was just slowly dripping down on it. I would smoke about every 4 or 5 stoplights and when I would stop. I got the hose from autozone with a lifetime warranty, but it shouldn't mess up again.
meangreenLXi
10-20-2003, 07:12 AM
Napa price may even be cheaper than $40, it was probably like $30. I wasn't sure it was the right piece so I went elsewhere, I took it to my mechanic after buying it from autozone and it's the right one. On one end it connects to the rack and pinion, it's a metal tube slender that's curved to go around the back bottomside of the engine down to the rack-n-pinion. and the top or side with the hose on it connects with a square like tip that connects to the power steering pump? Or the housing that's to the left of the powersteering resaviour, if your facing the engine.
Dustin Imports
10-20-2003, 07:16 AM
yea its the little end in the pic...that the one you bought?
meangreenLXi
10-20-2003, 07:17 AM
from which store?
Dustin Imports
10-20-2003, 07:19 AM
the store you ended up getting it at..autozone..

was yours leaking from the same spot? jsut at the end..?

wondering if i can replace the fitting or just find some sealer.
meangreenLXi
10-20-2003, 07:25 AM
I had to go a week with it dripping because at first a radiator shop told me the hose was $300 because it was a lx-i, I put duct tape on it and I could see the hole or where it was drippin from because it collected on the tape in that area and the heat was melting the tape. No not on the end at all it was the actual hose that had the hole in it
meangreenLXi
10-20-2003, 07:33 AM
Yo, napa has it for $30 and that's the hose you need.
meangreenLXi
10-20-2003, 07:34 AM
power steering hose: The pressure hose.
Dustin Imports
10-20-2003, 07:41 AM
sweet I check it...hope it works and its not jsut the fitting on the end..that seems to be where its dripping..buy the hose and it ends up being other side...got ot love cars, always a gamble
elRuss
10-22-2003, 07:37 PM
You gotta be David Copperfield to get that thing down and around the frame to connect it. It took me a full pot of coffee.