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SILVER Star
My 1999 has 263k miles. A few months ago, I saw some VERY slight leaking of power steering fluid and figured it was coming from the steering rack.
At the recommendation of @2001LC I used a bit of AT-205 and the leak remained very minor.
Two weeks ago, we took the truck on a 1500 mile trip through Utah without issues. Today, I drove the 100 to work and all was fine. Ten hours later, I left the office only to see a big pond of steering fluid under the truck. I checked the reservoir and it was mostly empty. I drove to an auto store to pick up transmission fluid in order to make it home.
The leak is coming from much higher than I originally thought (or another leak?). I tried to capture the origin on photo and video but wasn't able to actually see it. It looks to be coming from the around the pump but I can't tell if it's the pump itself or a hose. I'll look closer this evening when I have more time.
For the moment, here are some photos and a video of the leak in case someone else has had a similar leak and can share their experience.
Video
At the recommendation of @2001LC I used a bit of AT-205 and the leak remained very minor.
Two weeks ago, we took the truck on a 1500 mile trip through Utah without issues. Today, I drove the 100 to work and all was fine. Ten hours later, I left the office only to see a big pond of steering fluid under the truck. I checked the reservoir and it was mostly empty. I drove to an auto store to pick up transmission fluid in order to make it home.
The leak is coming from much higher than I originally thought (or another leak?). I tried to capture the origin on photo and video but wasn't able to actually see it. It looks to be coming from the around the pump but I can't tell if it's the pump itself or a hose. I'll look closer this evening when I have more time.
For the moment, here are some photos and a video of the leak in case someone else has had a similar leak and can share their experience.
Video