bigbear1963
New CEG'er
Hello everyone. I need suggestions regarding a power steering leak I am having at the hose connection to my power steering pump, which I recently changed, on my '99 Contour SVT 2.5L. I believe the leak is on the high pressure side, based on the high pitched noise I hear while the engine is running. There is a lot of fluid loss while driving. I did replace the Teflon washer supplied with the new pump, and even following the directions on soaking it in "warm" water, really did not help much in installing it. So, I think I may have stretched the Teflon washer, and I was thinking, as a solution, to wrap the threads with Teflon tape, to stop the leak. What is your opinion about that fix?