hi everyone,
i am in some serious need of help with my jeep cherokee. the power steering bottle is leaking where the pipe comes out and its dribbling out all over the pump and everything else. i have no idea how to take the bottle off, i cant see how its connected and im not that great with mechanics anyway so i drained it whilst it was on and cleaned it all up, then i used araldite to glue in the pipe. i left it 24hrs then filled it up and it was running good, driving it up the road its now leaking again :-( i have spent a small fortune on power steering fluid and glue and dont know what to do! i desperately need to use the car on sunday for towing, please help with any suggestions on how to bodge it up for now!
thanks

 

I doubt you can repair the plastic, the power steering fluid will not allow the repair to stay stuck where it needs to be. Alittle searching and I found this advice for removing the reservoir:
"use a pick to pull up the tab that holds the retainer then u can use a small chisel to tap the retainer off" On this pic it looks like there are 2 retainer clips aka reservoir clips (top and bottom) that you need to remove while lifting the lock tab in the center of the retainer clips.

 

thanks 4 that, i think thats the problem, it seals then when the fluid is in it just splits again. i tried to undo the top clip but it just wont come off let alone the bottom one, i cant get to it. looks like another dealer job :-( can get my hands in but not any tools!!

 

I looked at mine. I think to get the clips off it would be "easier" to remove the power steering pump then the clips hodling the reservoir can be removed.

 

I know this is an old post but i have the same problem currently and was wondering exactly what the problem turne3d out to be and what you did to ultimately fix it?

 

I ended up buying a new power steering pump with the reservoir. If you do this you'll need a power steering pulley puller. The new pumps normally do not come with a new pulley. Don't try to remove the pulley without using a Power Steering Pulley Removal/Install Tool.