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Originally Posted by RWebb
so, the old sayings about "they leak everywhere, all the time" are not true?
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Not in my experience. Considering the hydro fluid is a version of Automatic transmission fluid which leaks out of lots of ordinary transmissions - the DS is very dry underneath - unless a hose is accidentally punctured for some reason.
Because any internal leaks are plumbed back to the reservoir its hard to tell if there is a problem. The tell-tale sign is when the rear suspension takes longer to rise up than usual after starting. Then you activate the automatic bleed device to get any air out of the system & start checking off the individual seals ( an example would be one of the hight-corrector units).
On high mileage DS s any leaking is usually past the power steering seals. Repairing these power steering rack seals is a mongrel as the design is very old (1950s !) and quite primitive compared with modern cars.