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On the way home yesterday the power steering failed, leaving a nice puddle. Anyone want to guess what has happened?
P38A Anyone want to take a guess?
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A leak 
Datatek
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Hose or cooler pipe if you are lucky, rack if you are unlucky.
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Pin hole in the metal pipe under the rad
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Once had a rack go on a Rover SD1 I had Lucky was in the days when I was fit and healthy and changed it myself. Ball acher
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That's the cooler
My P38 had a steering box.
Henry_b
Think outside, no box required.
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Failed seal above the pitman arm..
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Quite right mine do too
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And mineQuite right mine do too
Unless it's obvious where the leak is coming from then you need to clean up the pipework first, to try and spot the leak. If it's a hose / pipe leak then quite a good way is to get it on full lock (max pressure) and use a piece of white A4 paper to locate what will probably be a jet of ATF fluid shooting out. The leak may be miniscule. Those hoses are not cheap, but not as bad as the steering box... I am currently plucking up the courage to do the seal at the bottom of the steering box on my "new" RR. But on my last I lost the PAS due to a shredded reservoir and torn high pressure hose, and replaced the gear cooler a couple of years prior due to a leak in the matrix.
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Wrong side. And also checked. But haven't looked any further yet, not a huge amount of room in a p38 engine bay, not like working on a Defender.
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not a lot of room in the L322 engine bay, not like working on a p38
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Plenty of room on a P38 with the right engine.
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That looks pretty much where the steering box is.
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My guess is....
The pipes have rubbed against the chassis rail where they turn up towards the steering box, and holed.
I replaced mine last year... one was reasonably priced, the other was off the scale. Better to go to a hydraulic pipe fabricator and have them make one up if you need it.
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The pipes have rubbed against the chassis rail where they turn up towards the steering box, and holed.
I replaced mine last year... one was reasonably priced, the other was off the scale. Better to go to a hydraulic pipe fabricator and have them make one up if you need it.
Will I win a prize?
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You get a go on his private off-roading course out near Ellesborough.
