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Old Oct 22, 2016 | 05:54 PM
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Changed ps box in my cutlass. Filled it up , worked for a sec. Now no power steering. What do you think died? Box or pump? 09 vette pump. Steering box is a reman for 83 hurst olds. Ps pump appears to have stopped pumping . Blown seal? . It's a pain in the *** to change so I rather try to fig out before I start throwing parts at it
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Old Oct 22, 2016 | 08:45 PM
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Sure you got all the air out of the system?
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Old Oct 22, 2016 | 08:45 PM
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Changed ps box in my cutlass. Filled it up , worked for a sec. Now no power steering. What do you think died? Box or pump? 09 vette pump. Steering box is a reman for 83 hurst olds. Ps pump appears to have stopped pumping . Blown seal? . It's a pain in the *** to change so I rather try to fig out before I start throwing parts at it
Did you prime the system by moving the the wheel hard left and hard right and continuing to add fluid till it's topped off? You have to burp all the air out of the system so the impeller gets continuous lubrication. Does the pump make a wining noise? If it does, then it's your pump.
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I primed it , filled it up . When I was turning from side to side, I must have blown the pump. I guess on the newer ones you can't go lock to lock. Picked one up and switched it out . Steering box I put in was a pos , so I replaced all the seals on old one and put it back in. I'm done buying parts like this online, nothing but problems. At least when you get it locally, if there's a problem you can exchange it. That ps pump was 2 mo old. Lol
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