Power Steering prob

[SkyDragon]

Well i think i have ratted my power steering doing .. err humm silly things

The power steering now has a slight whine to it? and when the car is stationery the steering is extremely hard to turn (ie. power steering does not actually engage until i start accelerating).

I got a wheel alignment done recently and the guy told me that my power steering fluid was a bit low, and some bubbles were in it. Possibly indicating the pump has gone..

Anyone else had this prob? If so was it the pump, and how much/where do i get one of these from??

[Doctor]

Could be either air in your lines or your pump is on its way out. Sounds like it is your pump (due to whining sound) or a mixture of both.

Doc

[REDGTT]

Try as doc said. drain and refill the power steering fluid.

If not then most likely its the pump. Get it from any importer place.

Wreckers etc.

Good luck buddy hope it works out

[SkyDragon]

How would i go about draining the power steering fluid? is there a plug or something somewhere, which i can unplug to drain the fluid in the lines?

thanks for the help guys..

[Warpspeed]

Why drain the system? I have had this problem, the fluid gets low and foams up with millions of microscopic air bubbles that get pumped around the system. The hydraulic fluid becomes mostly air and the power steering stops working, and the pump kicking up an ungodly whine when you turn the steering wheel off centre.

Just top up the fluid to the full mark. Now this is not ging to fix the problem immediatley because the foam is still being pumped around the system. But gradually over a couple of days the system will bleed itself and the noise will go away.

Top up the fluid again, and you will be back in buisiness.

[SkyDragon]

ok i have looked underneath the car and spotted a leak. so I guess the possibility of air in the lines could be out, and im assuming i have a hole somewhere in the lines, or the pump may have a broken seal??

yeah i have topped up the fluid warpspeed, but i think the air in the lines is not my prob now.

my next q. is where do i get some genuine power steering specialists to check out/fix prob in perth??

[Pva_Glue]

is your car silver R33 GTS???

cheers

Joe

[SkyDragon]

Originally posted by Pva_Glue

is your car silver R33 GTS???

cheers

Joe

yeah pva my car is a silver spec2 GTS, you seen me?

[Pva_Glue]

yeah saw the car at autoworx isnt it?

Nice car man! me and my friend was ganna buy it... but then he wanted Turbo cars... but it was still nice to drive

cheers

Joe

[SkyDragon]

nah was not at autoworx, you must be thinking of another car.