First, we need to fix your biggest problem, your wife. Women don't understand men spending money on cars. They buy handbags and shoes, we buy air bags and brake pads. I have all [arts shipped to my office, load them in the trunk and unload them as I'm ready to work on the car. I have all that stuff billed to a credit card that doesn't have a paper statement, and I pay it online once a month. I buy alot of stuff online, and through eBay.

As far as the leak, I'd drain and fill with the stop leak stuff, then try the o-ring, then do a rebuilt rack. Never done the o-ring, but it make sense that there is an oring you could replace. See if you can find a blow up picture from the parts catalog.

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2000 C230 Kompressor "Frosty"

2007 PT Cruiser
2001 VW TDI Beetle
1999 Landrover Discovery II
1971 Corvette

Gone: 97 Cabrio, 83 240D, 93 VW Eurovan, 95 Volvo 850, 93 Chevy Astro Van, 77 VW Bus, 99 VW Jetta, 74 VW Bus