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Fluid leak near P.S. pump on 05 Tribute

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Old 08-12-2009, 03:53 AM
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Default Fluid leak near P.S. pump on 05 Tribute

This is on inline 4 cy w/front wheel drive. This thing has a fluid leak(fast drip,drip,drip) and all signs point to the power steering system. The thing is I followed all the power steering lines(high side and low side) going from the pump to the rack to the p.s. fluid cooler to the fluid resevoir and finally back to the pump again. None of these lines are in the area of the leak. Altho the leak is near the pump it is not on the pump or the high side line or the return line. The leak is inside of the curved portion of the #1 cylinder intake manifold runner which is close to the p.s. pump. The leak is coming from what looks like a wiring harness leading to a connector. It has some of that ribbed plastic armor around it. The harness is only about 1/4" in diameter. This harness appears to go to a connector in the cylinder near cylinder #1, but you can't be sure because there are so many hoses in the way blocking the view it is hard to be sure. I'm pretty sure it is a wiring harness, but it could be a hose or some tubing. The view is just that bad even with a shop light directly in the area it is hard to make out clearly. My guess is it could be the oil sender leaking and the oil is running down inside of the plactic armored tubing and then dripping out at a low spot. The thing is the steering is "groaning" and the p.s. fluid level is slowly dropping. I know this points to the p.s. system, but none of those hoses are leaking. Any ideas what this could be. This drip is inside of the curved portion of the #1 intake manifold runner. If you look at the space between the #1 and #2 runners you can't see the leak. You have to stand to the passenger side and look inside of the curved portion of the #1 intake runner. In order to fix this leak it looks like the radiator and fans and maybe even the intake manifold will have to come off. That's just to figure out exactly what the leak is. To repair it is another thing altogether.
 
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