Help needed

[b16a man]

Is there any member on the oz honda forums that lives in the hills area in sydney that knows about b16 engines and that can give me some advise i really need someone to come to my place and tell me some things about my car as i really do not know much

Regards John

[XB-16-AX]

john,

what do u need to know?

[Mr_will]

pretty likely that anything you need to know you can get just by asking here.

[b16a man]

I took my car for a drive last week for about 20 minutes all was fine.

2 Days ago i reversed my car out of the garage as i needed to do some work on the interior.

I noticed some fluid redy brownish liquid fromt the frnt left hand side of the car and do not have a clue what it is. I am really worriede as i have pretty much just got my car organised and this is very annoying.

Any help would be awsome.

I do not know much about cars at all an would rather someone that knows what they are doing to have a look at it.

Any suggestions

[destrukshn]

left hand sitting in the car or infront of the car? in other words.
drivers side or passenger side?

[Mr_will]

when youre describing where the fluid is, can you be more specific?

try wiping it all up and finding where it is actually coming from, and we can get a better idea of what it might be

[b16a man]

it is coming from the passengers side of the car towards the front of the car

I will need to wipe up as much as possible it may be coming from this round thing with a red cap on in but i am not sure

i will upload a pic tonight as i am at work at the moment

Thanks guys you have been of great help so far

[destrukshn]

power steering fluid. it seems like, is it low?
it's on a small cylinder bottle, and the cap is a small red one? with pretty fat if so, flush that fluid, use honda power steering fluid only, honda fluid is a clearish liquid.
using other ones, will tend to cause leaks.

if it's leaking like so, your pipes may be busted/cracked. or a massive leak from the pump.

[IZY-10]

power steering fluid. it seems like, is it low?
it's on a small cylinder bottle, and the cap is a small red one? with pretty fat if so, flush that fluid, use honda power steering fluid only, honda fluid is a clearish liquid.
using other ones, will tend to cause leaks.

if it's leaking like so, your pipes may be busted/cracked. or a massive leak from the pump.

right on the money:thumbsup:

[b16a man]

if it is this problem is it expensive to fix???

How much am i looking at worst case

Thanks

[destrukshn]

first things first, you need to confirm that, that is the problem.
then you, need to find out where it's leaking from.
then you go from there, and find out how much parts and labour will be.
shouldn't be hard to fix, parts may be hard to find though if needed.

but yeah, change your power steering fluid.
and go from there.

follow this DIY
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15335&highlight=steering
not hard to do, it's not your car, but you get the idea, should be very similar.

[XB-16-AX]

if its the power steering pump ..then its gonski as seals are gone.

u will need to replace it.

otherwise it could just be a leaking hose, of the fitting brackets are loose.

check these and see how u go.

[czy_sol87]

could be leaking water pump, the redy brownish colour could be the rust inside the cooling system