Power steering help!

[JAlexander]

Need a little help and maybe a little insight.

Ever since I had my front end done, my truck has leaked power steering fluid.

It leaks everyday and I can see it leaking on one of the suspension pieces down there but I dont know where exactly its coming from. Could they have fudged up or pinched something while my front end was being done? Is replacing a hose cheap enough?

Also, does anyone know what type of steering fluid I need?

I have a 4.6L 2002.

If there's a silver lining I guess its that its not motor oil.

[torkum]

Go to AutoZone and get a bottle of engine oil dye and a UV light. Pour the dye in the powersteering pump and run it for a few minutes then use the light to see were the leak is. Dye wont hurt anything so don't worry about flushing it out.

[JAlexander]

Had Ford look at this. Bad seal in the steering box. They want $690 to fix it.

Any suggestions? What does this entail to fix? How much of the front end has to come apart to get to the pitman?

UNREAL!

[fairlaner]

I have a '89 F250 which developed a bad steering box seal leak a couple years ago. I don't drive the truck often (at 8 mpg it's no wonder it only has 75K on it) so I didn't want to put much time/money into it. I poured in some PS fluid with some sort of 'stop leak' stuff in it and the seal hasn't leaked since. Something you might look into as a cheap (although probably somewhat temporary) fix.