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Got up at 8:30 a.m., dropped off a job app at the local hospital, and headed down to drop my car off at the Aurora mechanic's. Dad picked me up, drove me down to the house, we had lunch.
A couple hours later, we called the mechanic, and they hadn't even started on the car yet. However, they noted that the rack-and-pinion, which was the problem, would be on the order of $300-350 to replace, and that a better solution might be to add this thing called "Lucas Power Steering Stop Leak" to the tank, and it should make the seals tight enough to solve the problem on a continuing temporary basis. We all agreed that the car wasn't really worth putting $350 more into...and figured we might as well try this Lucas stuff, we could always get the part replaced if it didn't work.
So after that, I drove back up here to town, and added a bottle of Lucas to the power steering reservoir. Mighty thick stuff, about the consistency of honey. We'll see if it has any effect, I guess.
( Adventures in Farscaping )
A couple hours later, we called the mechanic, and they hadn't even started on the car yet. However, they noted that the rack-and-pinion, which was the problem, would be on the order of $300-350 to replace, and that a better solution might be to add this thing called "Lucas Power Steering Stop Leak" to the tank, and it should make the seals tight enough to solve the problem on a continuing temporary basis. We all agreed that the car wasn't really worth putting $350 more into...and figured we might as well try this Lucas stuff, we could always get the part replaced if it didn't work.
So after that, I drove back up here to town, and added a bottle of Lucas to the power steering reservoir. Mighty thick stuff, about the consistency of honey. We'll see if it has any effect, I guess.
( Adventures in Farscaping )