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Glad to be aboard.

Look forward to good advice and tryin to save money by avoiding High garage costs.

It's not that I'm miserable, I just don't have money.

Anyway hopefully I can help & vice versa.

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Hi I have today joined  your forum,

 

I have a Citroen c5 2009 HDi 2.2 . it drives wonderfully and I've had it three years with only a driver door regulator break down .( repaired myself).

three weeks ago the power steering started to leak our local garage identified the problem as the pipes so we changed the at a cost of Â£482.00 using new pipes from our Citroen dealer, after a couple of hours I noticed  fluid on the drive and the  bottle half full, I have returned the car to the garage but they are having difficulty finding the lead .

 

Can anyone advise ......I am desperate.    Gwyn.

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Welcome to the forum.

 

Power steering fluid leaks are a common problem on the 2008 on C5. They seem to be from the steering column input shaft seal but the oil runs down and appears to be from the pipe O-ring seals. The fix for most people is a reconditioned steering rack. See this topic from the C5 Technical section Common Problems pinned post:

 

25. New C5 (mark 3/X7) steering rack oil leaks - at least 5 cases so far.

We have 2 members jefflad and Howiec with steering rack leaks that are proving difficult to fix. Where the supply and return pipes join the rack, the seals are leaking fluid. It seems Citroen want to replace the pipes to fix this and that just replacing the O-ring seals does not work. Citroen also do not sell the seals separately. An additional 2 members, Parkesie and johnfing, have found a leak from the steering column shaft input seal on top of the steering rack, which initially was thought to be the pipe seals. This seal also is not available so replacement racks have been fitted. The column shaft has badly rusted so may be the cause of the leak - applying grease could possibly prevent this. See http://www.citroen-o...uid/#entry75684 . See also this topic for info on replacing the rack

http://www.citroen-o...ent/#entry81594

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