Power Steering Fluid leaking

[stormblkcb7]

I was doing a oil change to my accord yesterday and I realized that I had a leak from my power steering. I checked all my hoses and they are fine, so I don't know where it can be from. Also the hoses to the reservoir are fine, but there is all this power steering fluid on my belts the top of my hood and some on my driver side headlight. Can someone help please?

['93EX]

Hard to diagnose without pictures. Take some, it will help.

[accordztech]

are you shure its power steering fluid? sometiems from the headgasket seal or the internal seal of the cam shaft it leaks, gets on the timming belt and ends up on the other belts.

you seem to have an issue like mine. mine was leaking from the pump itself directly above the alternator pulley. oil was all over the engine bay, more and more....hood headlights, everywhere... i tested this by cleaning around the areas that are dirty with a high pressure hose and got some white paper towels and wraped them around spots that is a potential leak around the hoses. i wraped them at every connection to narrow it down as well.

i then watched it for a while to see and i saw a drip from the power steering pump itself and just took it apart and rebuilt it.

so id say clean clean clean to get an accurate look at things, and then watch to see it drop.

also if u smell the fluid it will be a tangy stench....oil is more of another smell so you can also tell if its power steering fluid or oil.

oil isnt good for belts so fix the problem soon.

good luck.

[stormblkcb7]

Yeah its power steering fluid. I have the exact same problem you do. So how much do the pumps cost? Also is it easy to install?

[VRDrvr]

Have you checked the rack/pinion area...I know when I had my cb7 that was where mine was leaking from and all my hoses were 100%.

[accordztech]

my mechanic rebuilt it for 100 bucks with labor and everything, he just took it apart and changed the seals....he was chasing this problem forever so i gave him 100 instead of 80.