Power steering hose/pipe leak.

[Soot1e]

I had a bad power steering pipe leak. I traced the hose around the engine bay and it turns out to be the longest pipe going from the pump - along close to the radiator bottom -under the battery tray - then dives under the bulkhead and runs along the front of the rack. 4 brackets hold the pipe steady en route.
My first choice was to go to Renault and buy a new one, £190, shocker. As I some previous hydraulic pipe repairs from Pirtek I went down this route but 1st I had to take the pipe out without any further damage, with help from a friend it took us 3 hours to remove after removing many other parts for access. The nice Pirtek engineer renewed the leaking flexible hose and inserted a union to allow us to refit the hose assembly much easier than when we took it out. The difficult part when refitting the pipe was screwing the connector back in to the steering rack as there is not much space to work in.
All done now and plenty of other leaks to attend to.
The whole pipe.
http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt143/Manorpics/Motoring/IMG_0021.jpg
New flexi pipe and detachable elbow at PS pump end.
http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt143/Manorpics/Motoring/IMG_0022.jpg

 

[lindleyp]

my new one made up of two pieces is also very similar but with higher pressure hose than renault do so should have NO problems whatsoever now! also gave pirtek a rign and there top recomendeed although i went to somone different in the end and cost me a cheap £35 to fix itinstead of renaults £230!