Thanks ard. I’ll give the silicone tape a try.

The more I think about this leak, the more I’m convinced that there shouldn’t have been any power steering fluid in this bellows/boot. The seals at each end of the “power steering” part of the rack should have kept the fluid out of the boots at both ends.

So what looks like a simple boot replacement, may quickly turn into a much more costly rack replacement

FWIW this small hole is almost certainly the source of the clear power steering fluid which got flung around by the rotating CV joint just behind this steering boot. The failure of the seal and/or the boot must have happened during a 100+ mile round trip into the city for shopping. We hadn’t noticed any fluid in the garage when we left for the trip. But the next morning it was a mess.

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