PS leak..

[SaturdaysGS]

So I had a PS leak and it use to be a regular occurence to fill it up every 5 months (would start whining) or so, slow slow leak.. now today it must have gotten MUCH worse since its now basically empty, hard to turn, and there is splatter all over the belts, left side of the engine, and the fire blanket on the hood. Any ideas what it might be? I have to tow it (AAA) because its damn near impossible to turn and losing fluid pretty quickly. Hard to refill too because of the damn design otherwise I'd risk it.

Hoping for the cheapest out come but expecting the worst.

Is there a PS cooler on these? I saw some PS fluid leaking by the front airdam, but wasnt sure if that was because it was just ALL over.

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[Turbocharged400sbc]

so you dont have power assist at all? even after topping off the fluid?
ive had more than a few 2nd gen saginaw pumps shear the pump shaft at the srive splines, if you remove the belt or just loosen it a bit pull outward on the pulley and most times you can just pull the pulley and shaft outta the pump body completly.

this or the front seal are the only pump failures ive come across that spread fluid everywhere by way of the belt/pulley

 

[SaturdaysGS]

Power assist was there, just was losing fluid faster then I could put it in. It was neither the rack nor pump, thankfully. The return line was rubbing on the a/c compressor pulley for IDK how long and finally wore thru enough that it started leaking. I think that was probably where my grinding was coming from too.