My car a 2010 Range Rover 3.6 TD V8 has just passed MOT and when I hit it back I noticed the steering fluid was very low in the reservoir. After topping up I rang my garage to get it booked in to have the steering rack checked. They said yes it’s got a leak from the rack and we need a new one at £2000. My question is on the MoT do they have to check the power steering aggressively so as to make it leak. Do they have a special test for it. I think that the leak has occurred only after it went for a MOT check, has anyone had the same problems
myfirstl322
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Burn your robbing garage to the ground with flammable stuff in the first instance...then consider setting about yourself with alarming brutality using one/both of your hands,
in degrees of clenchness that that befits a lame blank cheque writer.
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Datatek
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I have never seen any aggressive power steering checks on the MOT.
£2K sounds like a rip off.
I've seen a couple of l322's with slight leaks on the rack. They'd be more concerned with the rust
Gord Wedman
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I have had my 2008 L322 SC at the dealers for over 2 weeks trying to get my rear suspension vibration diagnosed and fixed. One thing they commented on was a leak from my steering rack and suggested I change it for a mere $5,000 CAD. Not going to happen considering I can buy a rebuilt one for $500 and power steering fluid is relatively cheap.
Maybe a just a coincidence? As you say the atf was already low when you got it back. It is a common problem and she's not a lightweight car.
