PS leak. What line is this? Part #?

[Drive XR7]

Have a pretty significant power steering leak that has gotten worse. It seems this metal line has rusted and rubbed against the brace which has caused the leak. What line is this? It seems to snake down and around the undercarriage and back up. You can see the leak actively occurring -- small puddle after only a few minutes. Anyone have a part number? Hard to replace?

I intend to fix this and then put the car up for sale. It's pretty clean otherwise.

[Scottydoggs]

trace it to the pump, the line with a line nut is the high pressure line, the one with a rubber end with a clamp is the return line.


id cut that line and put a compression fitting on it in a heartbeat. but thats me lol

[Drive XR7]

Looks like this is the return line. First review describes my exact problem. Road grime gets stuck in the "3" pipe bracket and wore a hole in it.

http://www.amazon.com/ACDelco-36-370.../dp/B005536M2W

[Drive XR7]

I need to put a bandaid on this tomorrow (Memorial Day) because I need to drive the car to the airport on Tuesday, returning Friday. By then the actual correct part will be at the house.

I think by fumbling with it today I made the leak worse, lol. So tomorrow I'll try to cut the pipe and slide on some 3/8 fuel hose and secure with some clamps, which I have in my garage. If that doesn't work, I may be out of luck and taking my Cobra to the airport (ugh) instead.

[Scottydoggs]

if thats the hi pressure line it could fail. compression fittings are like 2 bucks.

[Drive XR7]

if thats the hi pressure line it could fail. compression fittings are like 2 bucks.

Looks like this is low pressure. And it's already failed, couldn't get much worse.

[chrishova]

What size compression fitting would be good? How hard is it to run a whole new line? I saw this as a replacement https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo...sn=714&jsn=714 . Is a cooler a good option?