L322 Steering rack leak

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My car a 2010 Range Rover 3.6 TD V8 has just passed MOT and when I hit it back I noticed the steering fluid was very low in the reservoir. After topping up I rang my garage to get it booked in to have the steering rack checked. They said yes it’s got a leak from the rack and we need a new one at £2000. My question is on the MoT do they have to check the power steering aggressively so as to make it leak. Do they have a special test for it. I think that the leak has occurred only after it went for a MOT check, has anyone had the same problems
 
nokiakid said:
My car a 2010 Range Rover 3.6 TD V8 has just passed MOT and when I hit it back I noticed the steering fluid was very low in the reservoir. After topping up I rang my garage to get it booked in to have the steering rack checked. They said yes it’s got a leak from the rack and we need a new one at £2000. My question is on the MoT do they have to check the power steering aggressively so as to make it leak. Do they have a special test for it. I think that the leak has occurred only after it went for a MOT check, has anyone had the same problems
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Burn your robbing garage to the ground with flammable stuff in the first instance...then consider setting about yourself with alarming brutality using one/both of your hands,
in degrees of clenchness that that befits a lame blank cheque writer.
 
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nokiakid said:
My car a 2010 Range Rover 3.6 TD V8 has just passed MOT and when I hit it back I noticed the steering fluid was very low in the reservoir. After topping up I rang my garage to get it booked in to have the steering rack checked. They said yes it’s got a leak from the rack and we need a new one at £2000. My question is on the MoT do they have to check the power steering aggressively so as to make it leak. Do they have a special test for it. I think that the leak has occurred only after it went for a MOT check, has anyone had the same problems
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I have never seen any aggressive power steering checks on the MOT.
£2K sounds like a rip off.
 
I have had my 2008 L322 SC at the dealers for over 2 weeks trying to get my rear suspension vibration diagnosed and fixed. One thing they commented on was a leak from my steering rack and suggested I change it for a mere $5,000 CAD. Not going to happen considering I can buy a rebuilt one for $500 and power steering fluid is relatively cheap.
 
Thanks for your replies the thing that I can’t get to grips with is the steering rack was not reported on MOT but 2 days later it needed nearly a pint of AVF, and now it goes down very slightly each day I check it. Is there any stuff I can buy that will seal up my tiny leak?
 
nokiakid said:
Thanks for your replies the thing that I can’t get to grips with is the steering rack was not reported on MOT but 2 days later it needed nearly a pint of AVF, and now it goes down very slightly each day I check it. Is there any stuff I can buy that will seal up my tiny leak?
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Maybe a just a coincidence? As you say the atf was already low when you got it back. It is a common problem and she's not a lightweight car. ;)
 
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