Does anyone else find that their power steering bottle is always covered in oil? I keep cleaning mine but I find that when cornering, oil leaks out when swivelled up to the lid and out the edge.
Crap lid design?

This is quite common, I don't know what the cause is, my car never seemed to suffer from it much.

I remember I think it was Nigel had some sort of mini bandana tied round his to stop the fluid going everywhere.

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GT4DC Events Co-ordinator
1996 ST205 UK

You can get wrist/sweat band like insulators for fluid reservoirs. If you go that route, make sure it's made out of fire retardant fabric instead of just using a nice looking Adidas item

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René - Carlos Sainz 2433•5000
Turbocelica.nl | ST185 CS restoration and full rebuild

If it ain't broken.. it soon will be

100% cotton sock it is lol
I was thinking of making some kind of gasket or seal to go in the lid.

i bought a alloy replacement one for mine that tgt are going to fit

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Life is a *bleep*..............then you marry one

I've also done the same and fitted an ally P/S reservoir on my track toy

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Don
GT4DC Chairman
1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205WRC JDM 269bhp @ 0.9bar
1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four Special GT 590bhp @ 1.8bar
1989 Van Diemen RF88/89 Formula Ford 1600
2008 Nissan Patrol GU 3.0L ZD30DDTi 154bhp

There's a plastic mesh inside the bottle that gets clogged over time - think this is the root cause of the leaky bottles...

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Kris
95 ST205 - slept for 10 years, now waking up...
Avensis
http://www.gtfours.co.uk
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Turbocharging - the replacement for displacement

Yes I did...well remembered Mike.

However, as a better fix I cut a circular piece of cardboard out of a corn flake packet and placed it under the rubber seal. It gave a better seal to the cap and stopped the leaking.
Of course I had to replace it after a while when the cardboard deteriorated.

For my track build I have an ally power steering resevoir.

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Vice Chairman
1990 White UK Celica ST185 - Project DTM
1997 Cream BMW R1200C (as seen in James Bond "Tomorrow Never Dies")
2005 Jaguar X-type 3.0 Sovereign AWD Automatic
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