Offshoreonly.com - Power Steering Pump Issue

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Originally Posted by stlliberator (Post 3954353)

Took me two seasons to finally figure out my PS issue..turned out to be the low pressure return line..had a small pin hole leak in it, and would cause the fluid to leak out and cause problems. I would just check, or replace the line, its simple to do, esp since you said you seen fluid in the bilge sometimes..

Hi, It seems like the leak is coming from the back of the control valve, the steering assembly inside the transom. Its wet with fluid . According to Mercruisers
diagram and parts list there was a seal rebuild kit that is no longer available for the control valve. Is this a common issue for this old type steering assembly