My 06 4.8is is leaking power steering fluid, the most obvious place is right at the reservoir which I can tell from just popping the hood. I'm also lead to believe the the pressure hose is also leaking. I had the belly cover this weekend doing a visual check and cleaned everything up and I'll check again this weekend to hopefully have a better idea. It leaves a couple drops of fluid on the garage floor each night and has not gotten much worse over the course of the last two months. I've only had to top off the reservoir twice since late January.
Anyway. My Indy is suggesting to go ahead and replace all the lines from top to bottom. I trust them, but I'm also wondering if this is overkill preventative maintenance. With all the parts and labor its not exactly a quick no brainer on my part. The more I'm reading through various threads here it appears that people really only have issues with the pressure hose (#11 in the GetBMW link below) and anything else that is leaking is typically because of a faulty clamp.
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I'm going to pull the belly pan again this weekend just to get another look, and try to tightening anything down but in the meantime does anyone have any helpful tips or personal experiences on the power steering lines?
04-16-2013, 10:05 PM
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