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 Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:31 am |
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Hi Guys,
Have recently been getting a few oil splodges on my driveway, had a quick look at work today without taking the wheel off and it looks like there is what i thought was oil all over the subframe arm. I wiped it off thinking it was oil but it doesn't smell like oil and is a brown'ish colour... :S Could this is power steering fluid? I haven't noticed any differnece in the power steering other than in the mornings when i come out of my estate there is a tight left hand turn, i hear a loud whine noise, but only happens once :S
Any help much appreciated.
Cheers Austin 
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 10:07 am |
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Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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Power steering oil should be red, never known it to go brown even after being in a car for years.
The only fluid I can think goes brown is coolant, but even then it's more of an orangey rusty colour
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 10:15 am |
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Location: Telford
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it could have possibly been a dark red then, cloth was covered in loads of crap tbh. Could my steering rack be leaking?
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 10:20 am |
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My standard PAS oil was a dark colour. Not red.
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:07 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Easiest way to check is to check your oil and water levels, if you suspect the power steering then check the pump. My oil is a dark colour, I thought it was either red or blue.
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:35 pm |
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Oil and water levels are fine, checked them a week ago. It's deffo not oil, doesn't smell like oil, It's like a dark red colour. If the rack is leaking, can I change seals or is it a new steering rack? And how easy is it to change?
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:47 pm |
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Location: Athens, Greece
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Check the PAS pressure sensor (blue) with the 2 wires going to it.
#1 cause for leak in the PAS system, followd by pump itself.
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:59 pm |
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Oily patches on my driveway (under the front passenger wheel assembly) were the result of a leaky drive shaft seal - the car has had two new drive shafts but they didnt do the seals at the same time (odd)
The fluid that came out of these smelt rather strong - Not a peugeot expert or anything - just sounds similar to mine
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 1:02 pm |
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The squeel you hear,if the fan belt is checked and tightened(should have no more or no less then a small pennys size (12mm)play up or down...thats tight but not overtight)is the power steering pump probably on its way out..
..if the fluid has been in for a long time it will smell more like gearbox oil than any other oil,and its probly just a case of having a really good luck where the leak originates...
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 1:32 pm |
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| macca1411 wrote: |
Power steering oil should be red, never known it to go brown even after being in a car for years.
The only fluid I can think goes brown is coolant, but even then it's more of an orangey rusty colour |
Peugeot 206 Power steering oil is yellow color
But back to the problem you have,check your power steering oil level,and make sure it's on the right level when cold,and when hot.
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 1:47 pm |
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I'd just get the car up on some ramps and see where it's coming from.
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Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 7:26 am |
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ok thanks guys, any idea where i check the level of power steering fluid? I know where the cap is but can't see a way of checking the level. :S
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Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 9:49 am |
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Should be 3 marks on the stick inside the cap. Min, Cold and Hot.
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Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 1:20 pm |
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Cold and hot? Am I missing something here? :S why would it have cold and hot marks?
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Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 1:24 pm |
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| Austin wrote: |
| Cold and hot? Am I missing something here? :S why would it have cold and hot marks? |
one for measuring while the engine is hot, and one for measuring when the engine is cold?
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