Column Power steering leak

potatodriver

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I’ve taken my dash and the steering column surround off to fit my cage and found there’s a really thick liquid (think peanut butter) coming from the column power steering. I thought the steering was sometimes a bit heavy but never thought i had an issue.

Anyone ever had a leak from the column as I can only see rack leaks on here? And how much of a PITA is changing the column part of the power steering?
 
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It should be an EPAS system so I wouldn't expect to see any kind of fluid other than a bit of grease. Did it taste like peanut butter?

I've not had the column out but I have done some work on it recently - disconnecting it from the rack and installing an EPAS adjuster to change the steering weight manually and it looks fairly easy to remove, a couple of bolts up top and that's it.

Disconnecting it from the rack took me a while but for me it was because I already have a cage installed and that limited access. Though i didn't find i needed to remove it to install my full cage. Which cage are you installing?