Power steering

[s7mgte]

i have the right amout of fluid in my system but it winds and i feel like i have to be arnold to turn the wheel.. im sure tis eaither the pump or rack and pinion. Is there any way to diagnose it without replacing one or the other first?

 

[Nomad707]

cut the power steering belt and grow some muscle like me.

mine was doing it and i was like wow fuck this.

 

[ILikeCarsYesIDo]

Power steering has saved my ass from getting t-boned. It's great when you can't see what's behind lifted to hell trucks....:3d_frown:

 

[tlo86]

any sounds? color/smell of fluid?

if you havent flushed the fluid out yet prolly a good idea to do that.. pump it out of the resovoir with a hand pump and refill... turn wheel and repeat

make sure the belt is still there... possible that you might need a new pump especially if the fluid is not flowing out dark or red but do it until it has new fluid throughout the system took me prolly 3 or 4 bottles of ATF

 

[nvgc8]

Make sure you clean the screen at the bottom of the reservoir. Make sure it is not plugged up with crap.

 

[csnow]

Make sure you clean the screen at the bottom of the reservoir. Make sure it is not plugged up with crap.

+1

I went through two pumps thinking they were the problem when it was the screen being clogged and starving the pump of fluid ::dunce::

 

[3p141592654]

Does your car have pps? If so, the steering goes very firm if the pps actuator wire is broken or disconnected.

 

[s7mgte]

any sounds? color/smell of fluid?

if you havent flushed the fluid out yet prolly a good idea to do that.. pump it out of the resovoir with a hand pump and refill... turn wheel and repeat

make sure the belt is still there... possible that you might need a new pump especially if the fluid is not flowing out dark or red but do it until it has new fluid throughout the system took me prolly 3 or 4 bottles of ATF

yeah the pump sounds kind of loud