Both my 95 Imprezas seem to be starting to leak from the steering rack. (Not bad, but noticeable). How long can I go before this get's too bad?

Can these be resealed on the car? Resealed off the car?

 

83K

 

Thanks!

Todd

Keep the reservoir topped up. If you are only losing a small amount, don't worry about it.

 

The steering will not suddenly stop working, but you might lose the assistance, which will make low speed manouvres harder.

But can the rack be resealed? On the car?

You can by a rebuilt rack. In warm weather a leaking rack is not an issue. In winter they can be real bear to drive until the rack warms up, if the internal seals are shot along with the outer ones.

i dont know how long you can keep adding fluid to it. Depends at what point it starts leaking on the exhaust and smokes you out of the car.

 

nipper

mine leaks right out of the threaded joints above the rack.. just dump some more fluid in and go... i've never seen the actual rack leak before...

The rack was leaking on my Legacy, and there were some loose bolts, so I tightened those down, and the leak stopped...

I'm going to check all the connections.

 

Obviously, time wears on these more than mileage. One Impreza has 63k, the other 83k. Both 95's