Scary experience Power steering leak!

[Ls7/Ls9 Test Engineer]

Hey guys, just wanted to share a scary experience that I had today concerning a worn thru power steering hose.

I have a 100% bone stock 1994 Z and today while my wife was driving we had smoke come pouring out of the engine bay. It appears that some how the stick routing of the power steering hose was rubbing against the drive belt. It looks like it has clearance but it clearly wore a square belt width groove into the hose. The fluid sprayed everywhere on the engine bay and headers and thank god did not ignite as it’s a very flammable liquid!

Please take a few minutes to inspect your cars to make sure you do not have the same issue. I was planning on driving the car to BG on the 17th and I’m so glad this didn’t happen on the trip. Luckily I was 1 mile from home when it let loose.

On that note, can anyone tell me if the power steering hoses are still available? Or where to source one quickly?

-Thomas
(248) 675-9141



Sent from my iPhone using ZR-1 Net Registry