hey guys i havnt looked yet but figured before i look to ask you guys beacuse most of the time i look anyways i cant find it so i figured id just ask then look. anyways i looked under my truck today beacuse i saw some fluid on the floor and then i looked up and saw some redish orange fluid on my front sway bar and looked higher then i saw it all over my sterring box. so before i get my hands dirty what type of fluid can this be and where are some spots it could be leaking from any why? thanks 4 the help guys.

 

ok i checked and i could find fluid anywhere else just on the steering box and the sway bar and looked around 4 any loose housing or any fluid anywhere esle and i didnt see anything just alot of orange fluid all over the steering box.

 

check on top of the gear box there is A plate or cover with 4 bolts on it is where i had my leak took it in dealer fix under warranty good luck___________04.5 3500 drw smarty4.4 ddp50s cfm+ afeII autometer staight piped sps62

 

Its a Goat thing. They all leak and as soon as you fix it, itll start leakin again. Im on my 4th steering pump and realized its gonna do it no matter what

 

hmmmm. well i think the fluid is orange so i think its coolent then?

 

The steering box can leak around the top adjustment nut too. I had to take the nut off, clean it, resilicon it, and put it back on. Making sure not to turn the stud or your steering box clearances will get changed.

 

I had a silly little leak that I couldn't find for the life of me! I checked everything twice! Then I found a 3 year old thread on here ( give or take a year or two! ) and I cleaned the P/S fill cap vent. Fixed it ! Take the cap off and spray an entire can of brake clean thru it. Worked for me.

 

P/S fill cap vent? wheres that located

 

umm the power steering fill cap on TOP of the power steering unit where you put and check the fluid level

 

Thanks RP, the vent is in the level dipstick on the fill cap. It is pretty hard to see, but if you look real close you'll see a small cutout at the top of the dipstick part of the cap. Just spray brake clean in it and all around the cap. You can kind of tell that it is two parts snapped together. Try to clean in that area too.

 

mine is leaking from the hose that goes from the resevoir to the box,its hose clamped now and seems to help but when its warm out she still drips now and then

 

The reason these ps boxes leak in my opinion is the cap does not vent the pressure that builds up when the atf4 heats up. I have solved it taking apart the dip stick cap. Kind of difficult to get the two parts to unsnap, but once apart there is a rubber nipple tapered like valve. Trimmed the tapper portion back a little so air will vent out. Now when I check the fluid level after the things warm up, the cap doesn't pop (vent pressure) when unscrewed. Haven't had a wet ps box since!

 

I'll do that to mine, if it ever happens again! Good info N.Johnson!