MA7008O

Hello,

Hope everyone is fine.

I am really tired of looking for leaks of power steering fluid, so I am thinking of resolving them once and for all by changing both final hoses (pressure and return), the short one that goes between the pump and the reservoir, the reservoir, and rebuilt the pump.

Questions are:

• Can I change those hoses with engine in? I assume that by removing the air filter they maybe accessible, but I am not sure.
• Can I also remove the pump?

She is a 1991 C2 cabrio, not sure if it makes any difference.

Thanks,

crg53

Not a problem, you can do all that with the engine in place.

LM964

Agree, can be done with engine in situ. Did this myself few years back with no problem. Full fluid flush through too - couple of large 5L empty water bottles and lengths of clear pipe then new fluid pressure in, old dark fluid return out).

Gus

You can remove with engine in. Need to remove right side muffler for access to pump drive off cam rear. Need to get cam cap to cover. If you remove pump to clean up area and get rid of the power steering fluid leaks replace mechanical pump with an electrical unit. There are numerous electrical power steering pumps that you can install in the frunk and run the hoses through to the power steering rack. All is pretty easy to do. Think there are several post on Renn that address if you look.

MA7008O

Thank you all for your kind help and responses.

Gus, thanks you also for the suggestion, but I rather stay original for now.

Sincerely,

Gus

Understand - I switched to clean up engine area, stop leaks, move weight to front and add to engine HP output-