Thanks for the replies so far. After my original post I wondered about the
shaft seal. I don't think it has rusted through because the whole unit is
less than 2 years old and does not have any rust on it.

If it is the shaft seal, is that something that can be replaced or does the
whole pump unit have to be replaced? If it is easy to replace the seal,
then maybe I could do that just to see if that fixes the problem.

Frank

"Frank Taylor, Jr." wrote in message
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My boat has a 5.7 Volvo Penta engine (GM block) and I have a leak in the
power steering system that I cannot seem to find. I can tell that it is
coming from somewhere on the pump itself but I do not think it is from any
of the connections.

There are two hoses that connect into the pump. One is a copper hose that
has a screw type connnector and the other is a rubber hose that has a
clamp
style connector on it.

Neither of the hoses seems to be the cause of the leak because they do not
have any fluid on the outside from what I can tell. However, the bottom
of
the pump itself does have fluid on it. If I dry it off and go out o the
lake for a short run, it becomes wet with fluid again.

The unit itself seems to be sealed so I can't imagine where it is coming
from but maybe I'm wrong. Is there a sure fire way to tell where it is
coming from??

any suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks

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