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Welcome to the game of marina repair!
That what was wrong with mine after I got it back from my dealer, the steering had waaaayy too much play in it and it leaked steering fluid from underneath the mount.
Well I told them I paid to have it fixed so fix it the right way, they said because I put a new cylinder in the back it most likely is stronger than the helm being newer, kind of like replacing one brake line with a master cylinder with a car ... the pressure is much stronger in the new parts causing the older ones to fail.
I told asked them okay why all the play in the steering ... said it was same case senario.
Told them to go *&^% themselves and hijacked a mechanic soon after.
He told me part of their answer is true, the part about the newer parts versus the older ones, makes sense if you think about it like a cars brakes or sensors, if you don't replace all of it you can be sure it won't be long before you are doing it.
But the part they don't mention is that all the play is due to air in the line either being sucked in through a bad cylinder or through the helm which they now made a must replace part. It gets blown out by the higher pressure of the new cylinder.
I would ask them straight out what caused this and see what they tell you, that'll tell you if they are a reputable place to deal with or not. Like I said before they fix one problem only to cause another.
You can either replace the whole system or just keep an eye on it and add fluid when you need to.
Sorry to hear that you're not back up and fishing due to this, hope it all works out for you.
Keep us posted.
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