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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 06:11 PM
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Hopefully you can see the spot of power steering fluid on the bottom of the pump in the picture. This is the second pump I have installed in 2 weeks. The first one I noticed leaking after about a week. This one has about 30 minutes run time on it. Is the pump being bad the only posibility for this?
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anyone?
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I see the drip. It it possibly coming from the hose that leads to the tank/ reservoir?
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I will check that again. Any other ideas to check out?
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I've replaced mine before and the next time I will use a "Turn One" pump and their pulley that has openings in it so you can pull the pump with the pulley on it.

I'm in the process of putting a real oil cooler up front because the Redline fluid boils on the track with race tires. Turn One said fluid should not get over 275 degrees.
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I am getting pretty good at it.................like it or not
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