My high pressure line is leaking

Tiny
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  • 1999 FORD TAURUS
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Now my high pressure line is leaking at the point where the nut and line connect, is this due to air in the system or do I need to replace the high pressure line? When the steering wheel is turned air bubbles and fluid leak out of the high pressure line.
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012 AT 2:28 AM

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Tiny
JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Try to use teflon tape to see if that will stop the leak.
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 AT 8:05 PM
Tiny
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It's not leaking at the threads, wouldn't teflon tape just swell? I added a picture, the area in the circle is where it is leaking from.
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 AT 8:05 PM
Tiny
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Is the flange in the inside of it damaged?
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 AT 8:05 PM
Tiny
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Not that I noticed, could it just be air still escaping the system? How difficult is it to replace that whole line?
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 AT 8:05 PM
Tiny
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There is a plastic O'ring that goes on that flange
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 AT 8:05 PM
Tiny
KEN L
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That O ring needs to be replaced. Kind of a bad design they got away from in later years.
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