KINDA WORRIED!

[SubaruNation]

ok so i pull my car into my driveway after doing a little bit of sporty driving (not going above 4k on the tach) and i open the hood to find smoke of some kind coming from somewhere underneath my intake resonator. from what i can tell there is this pipe thats a dark grey and
is wrapped in this aluminum looking band insulator stuff to a certain apot, then the aluminum stuff stops and the pipe just continues...

AAAnyway.. that i think is what whatever (not antifreeze) is leaking from and ending up on my heat shield that is also underneath the intake resonator. which i think is causing the smoke.

now i basically just need some guidance b/c i know the stealership will be like "oh wow, you just blew _____ to smitherines, now you need a new engine which we can do for you for 100,000k"

blarg.

as a wrap up though the smoke is coming from underneath the intake resonator on the left side.

thanks everybody

[Aerotech]

That insulated pipe is a power steering line.
Check your fluid resevoir to see if it's low, look for dark red oily fluid around the area of the smoke. Has a distinctive smell, too, not like motor oil or coolant. You might have a cracked line.

[SubaruNation]

wow. is that easy to replace?

[IronMonkeyL255]

Not all that bad.

I did mine at the same time as the rack and a rebuilt pump, though......

The biggest PITA for me was undoing the lines where they connect to the hardlines just above the crossmember on the passenger's side.

[biggreen96]

If its dripping and burning coolant then it going to smell sweet, like syrup.

[SubaruNation]

ok so it's steering fluid.
replace the whole line or just patch it?

[jamal]

Dude, don't ever go to 4seasons. I wonder if they still have that same asshole service manager with the weird eye.

Stick with Rico at Import Solutions.

My PS cap leaks during high lateral Gs. A line shouldn't be very expensive but replacing one seems like a fairly messy and irritating procedure.

[SubaruNation]

no, the only work that gets done on my car is by me
yeah that weird ass man with the eye at that stealership is still there. spent mega moola there already...
how'd you know about 4seasons? do you think i could just go to the auto-salvaage place and get one, then replace the one that's in there now? are you in the zoo?

[SubaruNation]

so just ducktape that mother to pieces then eh', OK THEN!

[jamal]

seems a set of new p/s lines is around $200 from subarugenuineparts.com. They tend to have the best prices for new oem parts.

I would try to find a replacement line at a junkyard. It would only cost a few bucks and is worth a try. Plus you'll get to change most of the p/s fluid.


Yeah, I'm from Missoula, and went to college down here in LA. I go home for Christmas and that's about it. Next summer I'm going to try to make it up.

[IronMonkeyL255]

I got a set from the local parts store.

They weren't anywhere near as expensive as OEM, and almost fit like it.

[SubaruNation]

ok sweet thanks guys,
and if i got a line from a parts store how reliable is it going to be?
i'll check the salvage yard 1st i think,.
i just keep thinking that your engine is only as good as what makes it up every time something breaks

jamal, that's cool that you're from the zoo.
my buddies and i just did the autocross at big sky hs this weekend, i dont know if you've ever done that but it was a blast.