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Old 05-01-2012, 10:28 AM
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Help identifying this oil leak coming from...

Hello,

Well after replacing the O-ring of the camshaft position sensor and sealing that little oil leak, now I have another leak somewhere else.
I have traced it down to this area:

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/1647/areaps.jpg


Here's more detail pics
http://img98.imageshack.us/slideshow...=underrad2.jpg

It leaks quite a bit from I think is from that hose but I'm not sure...I didn't think engine oil went in that area

So....can I repair this myself? Do you think that's the area?

Any help!!!

Thanks
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Old 05-01-2012, 10:45 AM
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looks like ps cooler hose is leaking. are you sure it's oil and not power steering (aka auto trans fluid) that's leaking?
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Looks like the power steering cooler hose is leaking
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Old 05-01-2012, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by surban1
looks like ps cooler hose is leaking. are you sure it's oil and not power steering (aka auto trans fluid) that's leaking?
I don't know..I can't tell the difference between power steering oil and engine oil....I do know that it stains my drive way and when I touch it, it's black....but more watery...so yeah, I think you might be right.

How hard is it to change that hose?
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Yup, you can see how wet the lower hose is in the second pic. The PS in 4th gen uses Dexron III trans fluid, so get the correct size tranny cooler line from the parts store and fix it. Should be real easy to do.
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Originally Posted by darklegend06
Looks like the power steering cooler hose is leaking

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