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Steering Box - Is this Normal?


gregp553

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I was able to pull the steering box plug without using any prying tool, just reached in and grabbed it. That tells me it was not fully seated. After topping off the fluid, I can't push the cap back in flush. Is it normal to have  what looks like a black piece of tubing sticking up from the fill hole? Hard to see in this picture, but I haven't seen this on any photos I searched. This is keeping the plug from seating. It wasn't leaking before, that I know of. Anybody?

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2012 Space Grey 335i

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26 minutes ago, halboyles said:

It looks like the outside of the plug broke off in the hole.  Try prying it out with a blunt tool.  You probably need a new filler plug--  32111102781

The cap I pulled off is not broken, and it's white-ish, so I have no idea what that is in there. Didn't seem right to me. Thanks.

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Where's Alonzo?!

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1 hour ago, halboyles said:

The original caps were red, but the only ones I've found recently are translucent like this--

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This is the cap I have. Dingy translucent. Turns out the problem was a piece of black, reinforced radiator hose wedged in there from a previous owner. Why? Homemade funnel gizmo? Who knows. Very difficult to remove. Here's the fun part. When it finally came loose, it went in, not out. Panic. Horror. I siphoned out some fluid and found it inside with various needle-nosed tools. How much contamination remains in the box? Time will tell I guess. There was a skip in the steering before this fiasco anyway. Man, these cars are fun.

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