Quick question for you. When I received a new power steering pump it included 3 seals, and I was wondering what they were for. The reason I asked, is because when I removed the pump, I only had one seal on the pressure line. Is there more than one seal for the pressure line, or just the one? I also have a leak at the pressure fitting which is why I was wondering if there should be more than one seal on the pressure line.

 

Which pressure fitting is leaking?

The pumps probably fit more than one application, so, you get more parts than you really need. Tossing a couple extra o-rings into a box, is cheaper than the box......

 

Its the line to the pump reservoir. I just wanted to make sure, I thought that might be what they did but they had the extras and I have the leak, since that would be an easier fix than removing the pump and reinstalling it.

 

Are there o-rings on the ends of the lines?

 

Sorry, been out of town for the holidays (still am... )

But I should have said O-Ring instead of seal (I blame this on the eggnog, apologies ). The reservoir seal failed on the original pump. And there was only 1 o-ring at the tip of the pressure line when I removed the original pump. I was wondering if there should have been a 2nd o-ring in that line since it is leaking from there now.

 

Check the o-ring, and see if it didn't get marfed up. Should only be one.

 

Old thread, but just wanted to follow up.

Pulled the O-Ring out of the pressure line of the power steering hose, and it was in fact shredded already. So I replaced it, initialized everything, and its running good. I might still have a tiny leak where the pressure line goes into the pump. Might be a defective pump, because the leak appears to be outside the connector. Might see if there's anything I can do that involves not taking it out again, but might not have a choice.

Thanks for all the help :-)