Pushrod hydraboost is leaking

[mezc]

Steering and breaks are working good, I used a quart steering fluid every week (500 miles) to refill it to give and idea of the dripping. I put ½ quart of lucas steering stop oil and the leak slow down pretty good but still dripping.


Of course is annoying having oil inside the compartment but I do not want to go for a whole hydroboost change ($100 bucks + ) now.

Seems the pushrod at the pedal has a C clip, can I take this out and replace a simple packing or an o-ring to stop the leak completely?

 

[ida34]

You can replace the bad seals and o-rings with a kit that you can use to rebuild the hydroboost but as for just sticking something in there to get it to stop I say know. Were talking brakes hear. If you are short on cash get the rebuild kit and do it yourself.

 

[emmado22]

hydroboost = brakes
bad hydroboost = questionable brakes
questionable brakes = impending disaster

If you cant scrape together $100 for good hydroboost, you really need to not drive the truck until you can.

 

[bp m1009]

never put any kind of additives in the brake system because the oil they use swells the seals in a brake system and cause them to over expand and cause seal issues

 

[POOR WHITE BOY]

It sounds like he put the stop leak in the steering pump for the hydro boost. Not the brake master

 

[ida34]

I thought the same thing but you can't assume.

 

[bp m1009]

ohhh haha didnt think of that...hope it was the steering pump

 

[mezc]

I was talking about power steering additive. but safety make me think for a rebuild one.

 

[mezc]

My original question is, if I take the C clip with the hydraboost in place, remove the push rod aside, is there a o-ring that I could easily change?

 

[mezc]

one and a half bottle later and 4000 miles the leak has gone.