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Subject:Re: Leaking power steering fluid
From:Sam Scholten
Date:Fri, 27 Feb 1998 10:37:24 -0800

---CanineWolf <CanineWolf@AOL.COM> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 98-02-26 16:41:00 EST, vwvanagon@YAHOO.COM writes:
>
> << Is there a rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr sound coming from the engine
>  compartment, directly proportionate to RPM? If the power steering
pump
>  is noisy like that, then you have air in the steering system for sure
>  (steering feel will not change, though) >>
>
>  My van makes that rrrwerreewwrrr  kind of noise and leaks
fluid......how do I
> get the air out of the system?  Will this fix the leak?  It looks as
if its
> leaking from the bottom nut.
>
> Thanks
> Tim G
> 87 gl syncro(161k)
>

Tim,

Air in the system is the symptom, not the cause. If you isolate the
leak, repair it, then flush the system out and top it up, you should
be cool. :)

Best of luck,
Sam
==
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