Leaking steering box Lucas pas stop leak?

Hi there I have developed a leak on my td5 and understand this is a common problem. Would chucking a bottle or 2 of this Lucas stuff do more harm than good or is it good stuff? Lucas is a good brand.

It's a temporary fix, it supposed to softern the seals. As for "common" a leaking steering box outut shaft is only a problem when the seal and or shaft is worn.

Where is the best place to get a new box?

Mike Hunt said:

Where is the best place to get a new box?

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You can get a recon one for as little as £150.

Unfortunately, I did this, and the recon box leaked as soon as I filled it up !!!.

I ended up putting a new Adwest one in for £275+vat.

Cheers.

if you are thinking new box anyway in the mean time chuck in a cap full of brake fluid with the steering fluid it worked on mine and stopped the leak, it does the same thing as the lucas gubbins, it swells the seals, i did mine about 6 weeks ago and to dat it has stopped a leak that was costing me about 500ml of fluid a week at one point.

I might give the brake fluid a try. Is it risk free or could the brake fluid damage the pump?

Slick50 do a pas leak fix. Available at all Halfrauds

it wont effect pump ,only seals

It's weird there seems to very little not even noticeable loss from the pas chamber but it's leaving puddles under the car.

I used 2 bottles of the Lucas stuff after my box started dripping. Seemed to work for a few weeks and then the box just emptied all over the road and I ended up buying a recon one. I think that once they start leaking you're better off changing the box rather than spending money on something that will only be a temporary repair.

Put some brake fluid in the steering reservoir two days ago, leak has stopped!

I put a small amount of auto transmission fluid in mine and it worked and it didn't come up in mot