has anyone here had this problem?
96 sentra developed significant power steering fluid leak at top of pump apparently where hose from reservoir connects. i removed hose, inspected (looked good), replaced hose, replaced o-ring under suction pipe fitting, replaced fluid, still leaked. found leak at a crack in suction pipe fitting.ordered new suction pipe fitting from local nissan parts department, took 3 days to arrive. installed new fitting using torque values in service manual, NEW FITTING CRACKED IN SAME PLACE AS OLD FITTING.
now i removed pump from vehicle, had to remove front motor mount and lower engine to get the pump pivot bolt out. will take pump and both cracked fittings to nissan monday. suction pipe is made of cast aluminum (APPARENTLY A BAD DESIGN).