I’m leaking what looks and feels like oil from this line, pictured below. This is on the passenger side towards the front of the car, in between the air box and the valve cover.

It’s not a huge leak, but it’s getting worse, so I want to fix it. I’m just not sure what this is or what the repair procedure would be.



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1997 XK8 Antigua Blue on Oatmeal, 98k miles.

 

Power steering.
See this thread of Lanny's:
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...1/#post2057360

ISTR Jon89 has posted some pictures of a fix here somewhere.

 

I think Michael may have got you the information first. Read it all so you get not surprises.

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...-195093/page2/

 

Thanks, guys. A trip to autozone and a one-day shipment from Amazon, and I've made the repair referred to in the thread you both posted.

Honestly, I don't care so much about spending $130 on a line like that. But, replacing the whole thing looked like a proper pain. That's what led me away from that route.

Notes for people who may see this:

I used a 3/8 fuel line splicer (rather than pneumatic splicer, which is girthier). In my experience, the pneumatic one was just too thick to fit inside the hose, I also used 3/8 hose rather than the 5/16 in the threads above. I found that it was plenty snug, and hard to pull off even without clamps. So, YMMV.

I used a beer bottle as a catch can for whatever fluid drained out. I siphoned the reservoir dry beforehand, so there wasn't much.

 

Also, I have learned to hate vehemently the smell of ATF.