Power steering leak

Maybe it means he trusts the diversity of experience and openness that he finds here, rather than to just rush in and take his car to a garage or garages where he has not received a high degree of professionalism in the past ;>)

While your problem could be something other than the rack and pinion unit, let's take a look at that possibility.

I did a quick check at Napa Online for relative prices of rack and pinion units for this car. They had two options: One costs about $540 and the other about $400. There is a core charge for both.

If you do it yourself, you forego the labor charge.

If you go to a dealership or an independent garage, they will likely charge you a 'retail' price for the unit plus a few hours labor for the replacement. I do not¨ know how many hours the flat rate manual allows for this, but lets guess about three. In my home town, labor goes at $60 per hour, but in the larger cities the dealerships are ooching up to nearer $100 per hour.

It ain't gonna be cheap.

Bet you used non-Honda fluid in there. From what I've seen they leak primarily because of that.

heres a news flash, not all technicians are crooks. What you need to do is find a good garage and stick with them. The problem is that people keep bouncing from place to place to find the cheepest price. Sometimes it is not all about the cheepest price. What gets me is you hear people say they want the cheepest brakes, or in your case a rack. I don't know about you, but I dont want to worry if my car is going to stop because I put a set of 15.00 brakes on my car. Or if my noname rac is going to blow out driving down the road. What I am trying to say is you need to do your homework and find a good technician and stick with them.