I think I may have damaged one of the power steering hoses, and now my power steering fluid is bubbling up when I tried to check the level. I am also getting a weird churning noise from my power steering pump. Any suggestions?

 

Yeah, fix that leak.

 

Thanks! It does not seem like there is a leak in the hoses, but more like a leak in a seal on the p/s pump!

 

hhhmmm.... have you tried getting the air out of the powersteering system? I recently had to change my powersteering pump. After I drained & installed a new pump & hoses I filled the resevoir back up when the car was cool. I then jacked up the car on both jack points until front end was off the ground & "slowly" turned the steering wheel from all the way left to all the way right. You can repeat that step of turning the steering wheel from left to right "slowly" until new more bubbles burp out of the resevoir. Lower the lude & top off then run the car & check for leaks.

 

Thanks, this is the answer I was looking for.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dudenalude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hhhmmm.... have you tried getting the air out of the powersteering system? I recently had to change my powersteering pump. After I drained & installed a new pump & hoses I filled the resevoir back up when the car was cool. I then jacked up the car on both jack points until front end was off the ground & "slowly" turned the steering wheel from all the way left to all the way right. You can repeat that step of turning the steering wheel from left to right "slowly" until new more bubbles burp out of the resevoir. Lower the lude & top off then run the car & check for leaks.</TD></TR></TABLE>

It is leaking from the cap on the reservoir, and the powersteering fluid is foamy!


Modified by JBirch_97Prelude at 8:52 PM 12/6/2007

 

Bump!