Steering Rack Leaking

And my only thought on the burping of the system was if there were trapped air and the fluid was causing a inrush of pressure and the air not escaping the system becoming pressurized and expanding compounding the system pressure. Much like an intensifier, and something had to give. Again just a theory. Fluid viscosity will effect the pumping pressure.

I've installed many racks and pumps and have never had this issue come up. Hell the only vehicle I actually burped properly was a 2001 Ram 2500 4x4 with 5.7 Cummins. It was so heavy in the front we had to jack it up to get the fluid to circulate.

I don't want to jinx what is working so will preface this by saying for right now..... we have a remanned unit installed and as of today and 60 miles on the car, it is working and not leaking. This is number 5..... Since the last post, we installed a remanned unit that was suspect from the start as the box looked like it had been kicked down the road a couple times prior. It lasted all of 35 feet before spreading fluid all over. This latest one is from O'Reilly Auto Parts and is a Master-Pro....never heard of before. In any case, I really don't care as long as it doesn't leak any more.