GTO owners step in please!!!!

[Wessel]

Just looked at the GTO I've had my eye on and everything was awesome but the power steering rack looks like it has been getting hit by the header and has been leaking for awhile. its leaking from where both line go into the rack. It has kooks headers on it and has a mild cam. Please help guys! is this a common problem???? easy fix????

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[PANDA]

IDK about GTO's, but kooks makes some nice stuff, not like its some eBay headers where you are pretty much guaranteed fitment issues. The dealer is not willing to fix this issue? Did you put it on a lift or something? On a side note, see if they can tell you who tuned it, If modern muscle did, you can factor that into negotiations.

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

have you browsed the gto forums ?

are the lines leaking ? or is it the rack ?
year, miles, private owner ?

 

[skeezer]

GTOs are turds.

Don't look back.

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

http://www.ls1gto.com/forums/showthread.php?t=376390&highlight=power+steering+leak

this doesnt help but you can see he did it while installing the headers.

http://www.ls1gto.com/forums/showthread.php?t=365813&highlight=power+steering+leak

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

http://www.ls1gto.com/forums/showthread.php?t=363707&highlight=power+steering+leak

you have to drop the rack in order to install headers ? gay

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

http://www.ls1gto.com/forums/showthread.php?t=337846&highlight=power+steering+leak

 

[mr.gto]

alright here we go...... I did everything to my gto cept basically pulling the motor myself. When u install the headers the rack has to come down a little.... which is easy. And you have to disconnect the lines to the rack and the steering shaft since this goes inbetween the headers. If it is leaking from the connections to the rack then they may have been cross threaded going back in which is easy to do. If it is leaking from the line from rubbing on the header well then you gotta route a new line which isnt fun at all

 

[Angus]

http://www.thechicagogarage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45997

http://www.thechicagogarage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46791

no?

 

[Wessel]

looking for something with less miles..... hence selling the grand prix

 

[bikrboy128]

chances are whoever installed the headers ripped the o-rings that sit on those lines, or they arent tight enough.
im not sure how the headers would be hitting the rack. kooks is very high quality. mine dont come anywhere near hitting the rack...maybe the car has a bad motor mount?

 

[syP]

chances are whoever installed the headers ripped the o-rings that sit on those lines, or they arent tight enough.
im not sure how the headers would be hitting the rack. kooks is very high quality. mine dont come anywhere near hitting the rack...maybe the car has a bad motor mount?

wait, you have headers????

 

[bikrboy128]

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Just as everyone as has said, more than likely either the threaded nut for the lines that run into the rack are stripped, the O-ring somehow was removed/broken/whatever, or one or both lines broke. I just installed my headers over the weekend with a buddy from CHC and that was the one thing that sucks about a header install, moving that god damn power steering rack. If you take your time and finesse it, you'll be fine, but it seems like the last owner either said "fuck it" or over time it happened.