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You know which power steering hose is leaking in your 1994 Buick lesabre and it's NOT the pressure hose can I easily fix on my own?
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∙ 15y ago
the power steerin hose on the Buick lesabre 1994 3.8 are VERY difficult to get to and change. they lay behind the enine and the car must be put up on a rack or jacked way up. if on a rack they are not too haqrd. but on the floor forget it, have it done
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