I have recently noticed a small power steering hose leak.

The leak seems to be coming from a pinhole in the last metal section of the return hose before the fluid reservoir. It is only leaking enough to cause a slight coating of fluid on the pipe.

It looks to have been caused by moisture trapped under the rubber attached to the clip supporting the hose.

Has anyone on here fitted one of the after market replacement hoses? I would be interested to know how well matched it was for fit, and how long it lasted.

As the leak is from the low pressure return line, the plan is to only replace that while leaving the high pressure line. This means that the single use push fit connector nut on the pump will not need to be removed.

I have attached an image to better show what I mean.

I had to do a quick repair as the leak got a lot worse.

I unclipped the return hose and cut out the corroded section using a mini wheel type tube cutter. The pipe is aluminium so was easy to cut still attached to the car.

I rejoined it using a piece of 10mm braided rubber fuel hose spring clips. This seems to be working so far.

As the clip where the leak had started from was badly rusted, I cut it off the bracket with an angle grinder. This left room for the repaired pipe.

The plastic wheel arch liner does have to be removed to access the clip bolts.

 

2 hours ago, AntonovAN12 said:

I had to do a quick repair as the leak got a lot worse.

I unclipped the return hose and cut out the corroded section using a mini wheel type tube cutter. The pipe is aluminium so was easy to cut still attached to the car.

I rejoined it using a piece of 10mm braided rubber fuel hose spring clips. This seems to be working so far.

As the clip where the leak had started from was badly rusted, I cut it off the bracket with an angle grinder. This left room for the repaired pipe.

The plastic wheel arch liner does have to be removed to access the clip bolts.

 

A man after my own heart. Your repair should be perfectly adequate, as the return pipe has very little pressure.

As one of my previous colleagues used to say "There's nothing so permanent as a temporary repair"! 

I still need to come up with something to properly support the pipe. There is a point further along where the aluminium pipe may rub against steel. 

For now, I cut a slot in another inch long piece of rubber pipe and attached it to the outside of the aluminium pipe with a cable tie. This prevents metal to metal contact.