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Old 16th July 2020, 09:30 PM
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Default Minor fluid leak power steering cooler ( I think)

I posted this earlier without a title so not sure if it'll appear twice (apologizes if it does) I was checking over car at weekend and found a minor fluid leak at what I think (from reading previous posts) is the power steering cooler, it's located behind the passengers front fog light grill ,if someone could please have a look and suggest what they think the cause is and what the solution might be it would be appreciated
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Old 17th July 2020, 12:13 AM
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Can't guarantee that this is your problem, but the D3s seemed to suffer from power steering pipes leaking. What I would suggest is first giving the area a good clean and then see if you can locate the exact source of the leak. If it is a pipe, then I'd suggest you check out the following write-up, as I believe it may be the source of your problem:

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=11345
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thanks I cleaned it after the photography and ran the car but couldn't see anything,I dropped her of with the wheel refurb guy this morning ,i'll have a Look when I get her back to see if the run up and down shows anything
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