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MOT Fail On Oil Leak?

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Skippy:
Has anybody else had their Landrover fail on a power steering box oil leak, or any other leak for that matter?  :shock:  

For gods sake, it's a landrover it's going to leak!?

muddyweb:
Not recently, but yes.

Any oil leak is potentially a test failure... a lot depends on the tester's discretion.

Dr Neil:
i would of thought it depended on how bad the leak was, whether it was getting onto the brakes or if it was affecting the way the power steering operated.

hobbit:
Unfortunately its a common fault on these boxes, and yes they will fail.

But you can try some additive to reduce the leak, or wipe down the box before you take it in for the mot, it may be a slow leak,

Some of the probs are from two pipes that go into the top of the steering box, they have a rubber grommet inside to seal it.

If its the bottom seal, bit more of a swine there, some can strip and be replaced, but like mine it was a unit change, not a great problem, and there are 2nd hand units available

Clean and dry the unit, swing it from lock to lock and have a look above and below for the leak, then take it from there

seph234:
i got told to jet wash mine off of the box before the test then it only looked like it was a small leak and he gave me an advisory to get it done

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