E30 Zone

After a difficult parking manoeuvre yesterday, (involving lots of full lock) I imediately noticed a leak of power steering fluid. It apears to be leaking from directly beneath the reservoir and continues to leak after i top it up. Any ideas of what exactly could be leaking and how to fix?

Car 1990 325i Auto Cab. 80k

The rubber hose shrink slightly under the crimp on hose clips. Remove the old clips and replace will normal hose clips.
This is another of the 'standard procedures' that I do on all E30s that come my way!

Brianmoooore wrote:The rubber hose shrink slightly under the crimp on hose clips. Remove the old clips and replace will normal hose clips.
This is another of the 'standard procedures' that I do on all E30s that come my way!

you learn something new here every day. i also have this problem but have so far not managed to investigate it. glad its a nice easy fix

Cheers Brian, will try this when ever i get a day off on without rain...
* Romario prerares him self for long wait *

The power steering pump is the problem, I topped to power steering reservoir up and noticed a leak. I took off the bottom lip spoiler from the front to reveal a big leak. I take it a pump leaking ATF every where connected to a belt is the power steering pump?

Are these standard across the E30 range or are there different types?
Car 1990 H 325i autho cab.

Wheres the best place to get one of these? BMW have just quoted £274.90 plus VAT!

Very unusual for the pump to leak. Are you sure its not just leaking from the banjo type connectors where the pipes go on?
AFAIK, the pumps are the same for all E30s, although the mounting arrangements may vary. In fact, they appear very similar across most of the whole BMW range.

Update. Was the PS pump, got it replaced yesterday. My mechanic friend says hes never done one of these on an E30 in over 20 years in the trade. Thanks Templ8e30 for the PS pump!!!!!!