hello,

 

i was hoping on some advice on my leaky steering rack. i cant keep any powering steering fluid in the car unless i use Leak Stop fluid and even that just slows down the leak to a trickle. i had the original rack replaced becuase the dealership could not adjust the alignment anymore. i bought a used one from the UK, because it is the closes right hand driving country to me. it was installed and worked fine minus the fact that the delearship said it leaked. they put new gaskets in so i am hoping that is not the problem. which leads me to the leak. in the interest of saving money, where should i look for common failure items so i might do the repair myself. i included a picture of where it seems the fluid pools up. i will get better pictures once i get the car on a lift. oh, when the car does have fluid the HICAS works fine and i cannot find any other leak besides whats in that picture.

 

my car:

J-SPEC TT 1990

 

I sure hope you're NOT using generic "power steering fluid" in your car. The 300zx takes automatic transmission fluid (ATF-Dexron) in the power steering system- check your user manual if you don't believe me.

 

Z

thanx for the reply, but yea i use that and it will leak out by the end of the day. i have to use PRestone with stop leak just to get by