Steering box leak after refit

[Ty]

Having troubles with my mechanic.

Had the steering box replaced (with a second hand low km) and i'm sick of driving across town to have him try and fix the leak it now has, but of course i will if there's nothing i can do.

Basically the box is leaking from the top three hoses. I took it back to him and he replaced two of the seals. He said the other hose uses an olive and this olive is hard to remove. Looking at my old box the three connections look similar. Is it true that there are only two seals and one olive?

If so, what could be causing the leaks? The fluid is sitting on top of the nuts, which makes it look like it's leaking up the thread of the nuts as the hoses themselves are dry, so they don't seem to be leaking. Could they just be undertightened?

Could this be a problem with fitting a second hand (not recon'd) box?

Any ideas would be great.

[PhilipA]

Well who knows, but olives can take a "set" and may leak when retightened into a new location. New olives should fix it. Maybe try Enzed . They may help or suggest a fix. it sometimes can be fixed by using a longer spanner but if you strip the nut or break it off you are then in deep doodoo.
Maybe some Loctite 577? thread sealant CAREFULLY applied into the olive will seal it
regards Philip A

[discowhite]

r you sure that olive is supposed to be there???
i have 3 orings on mine.

its not leaking out of the bleed nipple is it??

clean it all off, get someone in the car to turn it lock to lock(with
engine going) and see if you can pin point exactly where its coming from.

most bearing shops stock o rings, if its that.

[british4wd]

The olive he is referring to is an aluminium seat that is a press fit into the box, it is tapered or cone shaped for the steel flared end of the hose to seal against. This olive is common to both Land Rover & Jaguar. What happens is the flared end of the pipe makes a groove in this seat and when disconnected and then reconnected may not go back in the same position and leaks. The only solution is to fit a new seat. The trick to removing the seat is to find a tap that can be tapped into the seat, then pull the seat out using the tap.

Alan Howard