Q: Power steering hose leaking might be leaking

asked by on October 18, 2016

Hello, I was told by pepboys that I had a power steering leak, however I took my car to two different mechanic shops and neither one of the notice or mention my power steering hose or a leak, one notice a oil leak. They said my gasket cap need to be replace do you know how much that would cost to fix? Also should I get the power steering looked at again? I did not tell the other mechanics that pepboys claimed it was leaking. I was hoping if it was true they would naturally find it on their own and let me know but that was not the case. Please help. Thanks.

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