Hi All, I have a 2000 silverado z71 w 5.3l and roughly 80k miles. I have an intermittent leak on the driver side leaking red fluid. I have only noticed a small puddle (quarter size) on the ground twice. I checked trans and PS fluid, both are topped up.
I then crawled under there and found, pardon my lack of vocabulary, some fluid on the bottom of the steering. It's right where the tie rod connects to another steel bar that goes to the other side and connects to the other tie rod. I am not sure what the name of that piece is but there's a small rubber boot at the tie rod and on the steel bar, right next to that boot there's fluid on the bottom only. I cannot find any other leaks above this point. That rubber boot looked to be ok but it is swollen and was curious if that has some sort of red fluid or if it uses grease. I didn't see a zerk fitting there so any help is appreciated.
TIA