During the MOT Test, while the Tester was 'Rocking' the Steering, when he got the Car up on the Ramp, it suddenly lost all the Oil!

Which I think was power steering fluid but all he did was sprinkle some stuff on the floor of the ramp to soak it up.

As I was driving back from the Test, the Steering felt a bit lumpy and I'm thinking it could be the Oil Seals in the Steering Rack.

I haven't had a chance to look, its been a very long day and I am shattered!

Ideas Welcome Please!

 

OB,

If the car lost all its PAS fluid, did you drive the car home without any fluid, or did you refill the reservoir first?

If it's losing PAS fluid that fast, it will have lost all the new fluid on the way home anyway. I would not drive it again if it's dumping its fluid all in one go

I guess it's as likely to be a pipe or connection as much as the rack seals. Get the front of the car up, start the engine, get someone to turn the wheel whilst you look in the bay until you find the problem. A colleague of mine lost all his fluid last month on his V12. It turned out to be one of the High Pressure hoses.

Sadly, I presume it must have failed the test on this?

Good luck with the fix and retest.

Paul

 

Bad luck on that one but better up on a ramp than half way round a roundabout in the rain.

 

Hi Paul

Hardly got any sleep last night, so my head is all over the place and now I've had time to collect my thoughts, I will re post what happened, as on further inspection it looks like engine oil!

 

Hi Steve

Ditto what I was saying to Paul, so now I've had time to collect my thoughts, I will re post what happened, during what I can only describe as the 'Mother of all MOT's'

On further Inspection it looks like engine oil!

Pass me the bottle of 'Jack' I need a drink!

 

So what story does your dipstick tell?

 

Everything is up to the 'Mark' on all fluids!

But the Car was running for about 90% of the MOT, so everything must have been getting a bit hot!

 

All fluids including brake fluid?

 

While I've been working underneath, I've had the Car Jacked up at some very high angles and even left overnight in that position.

So maybe some oil leaked out of the Sump and only started dripping out during the MOT.

All the Fluids including the Brake Fluid are right up to the Mark

 

Could have been a 'premature' emmision at the excitement of being MOT'd?

 

It wasn't exciting at all! It was more like walking through Treacle, in fact I felt just as if I had been there all day!

But now I've got that vital piece of paper, I can go to my Garage of Choice next time, a month before it runs out.

 

This could have helped start that fire