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Originally Posted by Rusty
There is a seal on the shaft, under the boot. The boot is just to protect the seal. One of two things happen. Pick one. The seal was leaking. Allowing fluid to build up in the boot. When you turned the steering wheel to the one side. The fluid had no where to go. So it ripped the boot open. OR. The boot ripped and allowed dirt to get on the shaft. Destroying the seal, causing the fluid loss.
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Originally Posted by macwest
seal failed and filled the boot. Boot went boom. It happened to my ford escort years ago no one could figure out where the power steering fluid was going until my boot blew and fluid was everywhere .Mac
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Yeah it makes sense. The seal inside the shaft failed and went inside the boot. Boot overfilled, and I heard it pop actually after refilling the reservoir. It all makes sense. I was suspecting that it was a bad seal that went out, just wasn't sure where.
Anyway the car is at the dealer being inspected.