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Originally Posted by Citroënbender
The hose may be fractured at the seal flange. There might be damage to the seal seat in the housing. The clamping thread could be faulty; crossed or stripped. The pump body could even be cracked or slightly porous.
If in doubt, clean all bits meticulously and look for oil stains creeping.
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Ah OK, cool. Well, i did clean it all up pretty well and it is definitely coming from the fitting itself somehow, I cant see exactly, but it seems to be weeping from the thread area itself. The pump body seems fine.
The car has only done 110,000k's, i don't think the hose had been off ever before and the old O ring was visibly deteriorated, flat and cracked.brittle. the one that goes into the rack (which wasn't leaking) looked good, and as far as I can tell now, isnt leaking with the new O ring.
I guess I don't have much choice but to do the process of elimination as you suggested
thanks again