Hey guys,

I noticed the other day that my truck had a noticeable little puddle under it yesterday, climbed under, found the the frame where the power steering gear box bolts to is pretty wet, and it drips down onto my tie rods and I think it runs down my driver side I beam. All this is in line with the power steering pump (which I checked, it's all high and dry) and gear box. There's absolutely terrible viewing angles under the front end of the truck on that side, but from what I can see, I've got a decent fluid leak that exits around the bottom of the gearbox. It is slightly red in color, and feels oily, I think it's power steering fluid. But I can't find the source of the leak! All ideas are welcomed, I'm pretty much stumped on this one as to where and what is leaking

Truck - 91 2wd 300ci E4OD

 

the gear box itself could be leaking.

 

That's about all I can think, that or one of the power steering lines that I think connect to it has a loose connection now. I really can't see anything around that box under the truck

 

You'll have to have someone steer the truck while running while you look for the leak. It doesn't spray much until you steer it.

 

I copied and pasted this below from one of my Threads dated in February.
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Power Steering Fluid Leaking ONLY when the engine is off. * Solution:

Replaced the Electrical Switch on power steering high-pressure hose.
It has been ten months since I replaced this switch and my power steering reservoir is still full, I have not added any fluid at all.

Old problem:
My 1987 F150 4x4 had been leaking power steering fluid for a while.
After parked 15 minutes; fresh fluid would be on the cement under truck.

With the engine idling, a friend turned the wheels back and forth while
I looked under the front-end and no fluid would drip or leak out.

If I drove it everyday; I had to top-off the reservoir every 3rd day,
and with the reservoir full and parked for 3 days; I had to fill the reservoir
before I could drive it because it would be low and the pump would whine.

FINALLY, when I pulled the electrical connector from this switch;
I found power steering fluid inside the electrical connector.
The fluid was going through this Switch and leaking only when the engine was off.
Apparently, with the engine running, pump pressure sealed off the inside of the switch
and not allowing any fluid go through it.

NAPA Part # PS304SB $33.00 Hope this helps!

And now on 10/21/2010, still no leak.