I have a leak in my steering pump (I know this from the fluid spatters on the inside of the hood and the bottle of fluid that disappeared), and since I work in a machine shop and have NDT service and excellent welders at my disposal, I think I can just pull the pump, drain the fluid from it, tear it down, have the leak welded up, and throw it back together and into the car. Is there a flaw in my plan? I’ll probably only have one day to do it because I’ll have to get rides to and from work, unless it’s so incredibly easy to pull and take apart that I could do it on a 15 minute break.
I’ve had a steering pump leak too but it was small and slow. I bought all the interior gaskets for the pump and “rebuilt” it like that. It hasn’t leaked since. The gaskets cost about $12 total I believe. As for the time it takes to replace them, I’d say maybe 2 hours. Less if you have power tools.
Thanks. I work in a Rotating Equipment Repair Facility, which sounds important but really just means we build and repair pumps and centrifuges and such. I would hope that a shop full of lazy bored mechanics could tear down and rebuild something like that without much difficulty, and unless the gaskets are some crazy material, I can probably make them at work.
The gaskets are “rolled” rubber. i.e. the cross section of it is circular. Just a headsup before you remove em 
So the steering pump in our cars can be rebuilt with ease?
if your mechanicly inclined, Yes 
power steering leak!
I have a leak in my car too, but I have not idea where because is full of power steering liquid all over the place, I don’t know how to stop the leak, I guess is better if I find the leak first. does anybody know how to find where the leak is and how to fix it?
Thanks!
Clean everything around your PS lines, pump, and reservoir.
Turn on car.
Watch engine bay (with goggles for safety ;)).
Have a friend play with your steering wheel.
Fixing the leak depends on where it is.
[QUOTE=oneoffG2;1958973]Clean everything around your PS lines, pump, and reservoir.
Turn on car.
Watch engine bay (with goggles for safety ;)).
Have a friend play with your steering wheel.
Fixing the leak depends on where it is.[/QUOTE]
x2 and look closely behind the pump pulley because there is a seal on the shaft that can leak and its very simple to remove the pully and remember the pully bolt is reverse thread…
Very simple fix!
Just did this with a friend over the weekend, and it’s a pretty simple fix. You can do this without taking the pump off the car, but it can get messy since fluid will leak all over everything. This may take 30 minutes or so to do.
The rotating shaft seal behind the pulley is what’s almost always leaking, and once you get the pulley off you can tell by the radial grease spatters on the inside of the pulley if this is where it’s coming from. If it’s a big leak or one that’s left a while, it’ll be all over the bottom of the upper P/S hose, the hood, your A/C compressor (if you still have one).
You will need to part with $4-5 for part#23 (Acura part# 91201-PC1-003) from the attached diagram.
There are probably far better ways to do this, but the procedure we used is as follows:
- Lift coolant recovery bottle and relocate for enough clearance to turn a wrench
1.5 Great time to degrunge everything that got greasy with old P/S fluid - spray carb cleaner or brake parts cleaner over compressor, outside of the P/S pump, etc.
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Remove pulley bolt (Read your manual - this bolt has a left-handed thread, so turn clockwise to loosen!!) You shouldn’t need a lot of force. It also helps to put a screwdriver through one of the holes in the pulley, to wedge it against the pump housing to keep it from turning. Keep the screwdriver away from any fittings to avoid damaging them.
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Loosen tension on the P/S belt and then slide the pulley off the shaft.
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Remove four long bolts (part#16 on attached diagram) on front of the pump housing, then carefully slide the front of the housing (part#5 on attached diagram) off the shaft.
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Push the seal out of the housing, clean off all surfaces of the pump, housing and shaft, and press the new seal into place on the housing. Make sure that the seal is seated evenly, and take care not to disturb the factory-applied lubricant inside the seal when you reinstall it. Also make sure you avoid stepping in the huge puddle of P/S fluid now pooling at your feet.
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Slide the housing with new seal back onto the pump shaft, and then reinsert the bolts. Tighten down (gently, if like me you didn’t have the torque specs) the bolts, then replace the pulley and hand.thread the pulley bolt on.
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Put the P/S belt back on, insert a screwdriver into one of the holes of the pulley and then tighten the pulley bolt.
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Tension the belt, fill up your P/S rservoir with a bottle of fresh fluid, and you’re done.
awesome write up!
this should be saved for teg tips.
I don’t delete threads in the assistance section. It’ll show up in a search 
hoping this will be MY issue.
Appears to have worked! *crosses fingers
This thread is the best. Thanks so much guys. Took it to a few mechanics and they all wanted to rip me off. $25 for the seal and fluids and it’s good to go.
Looks like Ill be trying this soon. This seal looks to be the source of my ps leak. Good write up!