Power steering fluid leak

If it's leaking that fast, it's going to be real easy to find. You most likely have a mess under there now, so start by washing the area with engine degreaser, then, when it's dry, start the engine and look at the hoses first. The common places to find leaks are the high-pressure hose, the front seal on the pump, then the accordion boots on the rack and pinion assembly. Even without washing everything, you can slide the small clamp off one of the accordion boots, then use a small pick or screwdriver to pull the end of the boot open. If power steering fluid runs out, replace the rack and pinion steering gear and have the car aligned.

Here are videos on how to replace the hose, pump and steering box

https://youtu.be/BGBUv5r9fk0

hose

https://youtu.be/EXDysSOs07g

and box

https://youtu.be/KKeFqHLuRQ0

Please let us know what you find. We are interested to see what it is.

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I seem to have lost my mind. I'm sure I answered this question for a Ford car, and here I see you have a GM truck. You don't have a rack and pinion steering gear. You have a "recirculating ball" gearbox. The hydro-boost brake booster was available but that was designed mainly for use with diesel engines. If you have fluid leakage between that unit and the brake master cylinder, you have a potential major disaster, but you haven't said anything so far to point to that. You can look up the power brake boosters on the Rock Auto web site and look at a picture of the hydro-boost unit and the standard vacuum booster. They'll show the hoses too that you can compare yours to.

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They arent' fun to replace, but you shold n't cut them just replace them. They will be held in place by brackets that are unbolted. You may have to do soem from under the truck.

Maybe it has a hairline crack in it?

Sorry for the late reply.

It does depend on where the leak is located and what part is leaking? If you do the work yourself, no labor charges.

There are online partsbooks, everywhere, for example autozone. Com--rockauto. Com and many others where you can look up the cost of the parts, be it power steering pump--power steering hose or whatever.

Unless you have some type of troublesome computer involved with speed-sensitive steering, the clue is it helps to increase engine speed. That is almost always caused by weak pump output due to worn vanes. This can be expected at the mileage you listed.

Internal leakage inside the steering gearbox can cause this too, but it is much less common. For vehicles with rack and pinion steering gears, internal leakage can be identified by the lack of power assist in only one direction at first. No assist in the other direction shows up weeks or months later, and the problem clears up after a few minutes when the power steering fluid gets hot.

Makes me wonder if a hose is falling apart internally causing the pressure problem. Dont see the steering box doing that if it works when your off the brake. Sounds like you have replaced everything else that could do it (normally)

Shouldnt have to do any mods to make the system work

Maybe somehting in the box is creating the problem. Hate to just throw parts at it, but you have done everything but the box