How To Find A Power Steering Leak 💧 In Your Car Or Truck

Steering wheel is hard to turn, you hear a whining noise 😞, & you have oil on the ground? Your power steering hose probably has a leak 💧 & this video shows you how to find, locate, & diagnose the problem to fix. Please 👍 & 🔔 if this helps. Click on SHOW MORE for all supplies used & a step by step guide. 👉

All these symptoms point to problems with the power steering, but before you change the actual pump or figure out which hose needs to be replaced if any, first you must figure out 🤔 the problem. To do that you need to gather these supplies 🧰:

1) Power Steering Oil (in this car it requires Pentosin 1405116 CHF 11S Hydraulic fluid)

Other cars may use a regular kind such as

or this

Check your owners manual or do a quick search to see the correct type of power steering oil you can use for your vehicle.

2) Funnel: pick this up at the Dollar Store or fold some paper up to make a funnel.

This didn't work for me but its a money back guarantee so give it a shot!

DIRECTIONS:

Step 1: Open the hood.

Step 2: Locate the power steering pump location and remove the cap.

Step 3: Add a tablespoon 🥄 of UV dye.

Step 4: Top up with some Power Steering fluid, and screw the cap back on.

Step 5: Have a partner turn the car on and turn the wheel hard to the right and the left for at least 4 seconds.

Step 6: While your partner is turning the wheel hard shine your UV light 🔦 which is purple on the power steering area, and look for a leak. It should shoot out green, and or you should see green somewhere on the rubber hose. This is where the leak is.

Step 7: Turn the car off, and before replacing the hose or pump try using a power steering leak repair kit to see if that seals up the leak.

Step 8: 👍 👍👍 and SUBSCRIBE 🔔 if this helped you to discover your leaking power steering hose.

ℹ️ If the power steering leak repair kit doesn't work and seal the hose from the inside like if its a high pressure power steering hose, then you'll have to repair that separately but at least you know where the problem is.

ℹ️ Likewise if the pump is bad and their are no signs of leaking then you'll have to most likely replace the power steering pump.

Usually replacing a power steering hose or the pump is not too difficult but it may take a couple hours to do, although it really does depend on the vehicle you are working on.

ℹ️ ℹ️ ℹ️ TO SEE HOW TO ACTUALLY REPLACE THE HIGH PRESSURE POWER STEERING HOSE YOU CAN CHECK THAT OUT HERE:

Hopefully this simple trick helps you to identify and fix your problem with your power steering as soon as possible as it is a very important safety element of your vehicle.

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Thanks,

👍 & 🔔 #fixcaryourself

[edmolloy-wmtk]

Is this Mr Rodgers Neighborhood?
“Can you fix a steering system?”
“knew you could”

[frankwestphal]

Great video. Great idea for this particular task, but also for any other task that requires diagnosing where a leak is. Concise delivery. 👍👍

[Pioneerrvtravels]

This is possible a life saver! Thank you so much for the great video. My power steering is leaking and probably spraying everywhere. By the time I get under to look, it's dripping off of all kinds of spots. Never heard of the UV liquid. But going to pick up now

[myemail]

Thank you for the great video...AND... for taking the time to write out the whole process in the description with Links! You're the first I've seen go to that extent to help that much! I just subscribed and look forward to viewing your past and future video's. Thanks again!!!

[wyattandwill]

I bought a 98 Cherokee and as the previous owner/my coworker (now retired) told me, it had a power steering leak and a few other leaks. I bought some dye for the engine oil which is leaking but I think I might do the oil by natural eye and put a bit in the power steering first. On my vehicle the oil leaks are easier to find than the power steering or ATF (I think I’m leaking ATF too)

[m.n.]

Should the power steering fluid be replaced after using the DYE, or is it safe to leave dye in long term?

[TheCoolest]

I woke up to my car thats been parked for a few days with suddenly two puddles, one next to each wheel. I think my whole rack might have had something happened :(. It reached freezing point outside since I've had this car (just bought it a few months back) so not sure if it did something. I hope its not the whole rack. I will try the UV dye. Thanks

[jasonbrown]

do you have to use some sort of filter to see? i ran and bought the uv dye, my lfash light has a uv mode, but i cang see crap with my bare eyes? are there glasses im supposed to use? god damn it

[LM-ljcf]

Do I need to drain the power steering reservoir first, or do I just add some of the dye and top it up?

[bryancampbell]

The first thing you talk about is power steering, but then say oil, but show