Power Steering took a crap!!
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On The Tree
Joined: Jul 2002
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From: Texas
Power Steering took a crap!! My power steering just took a dump on me. I was on the highway for two hours and when i finally get home i notice that my cars steering feels different and was making a weird noise. So I checked the level and there was not a lot of fluid in there at all. I jacked up the car and saw that it had been leaking for a while because my car was all dirty on the bottom. It does not seem to be coming from the reservoir because the alt. underneath it is dry. It seems to be coming from one of lines ( I think there is four). Are any of those lines pressurized or anything? I am wondering because they are hard lines and I don’t want power steering fluid going everywhere when I inspect it. Has anyone heard of this happening and is it to fix? I put a short belt on it temporarily just and it is a bitch to turn. Any suggestions? 
I went through 5 serpentine belts in a month. Dealership replaced the pump on my 2001 coupe, but wouldn't reimberse me for the belts or the completely trashed hoodliner. Car had 22k miles on it. 
