Power steering
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From: Spring Hill, FL
Power steering I'm having a issue here with my power steering. The car was completely fine, went maybe two miles with it. Got food, got back in it and went about another mile. Making a left hand turn the power steering was gone and then came back. I turned into the driveway fine and then when I went to park the car it gave me issues again. So it seems to be intermittent. Fluid is at the cold mark, I drove the car maybe 5 minutes.
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same thing happened to me once. I figured out I forgot to put one of the clamps on the water pump back on and a bit of coolant came out and fell on the belt causing it to slip. I doubt that's it but it would be wise to check the belts anyway
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So I may not hear the belt slipping but that could also be happening? Alright I'll check to make sure I'm not loosing coolant somewhere also then.
Yeah when I did my motor swap I unhooked one of the PS hoses, and I guess I just refilled to the proper level and didn't bleed it, but that was 9 months ago or so? I suppose I'll try to bleed it also.
Hopefully the pump isn't going out, car does have over 178k on it now though. I have no idea what the life expectancy is on parts.
Yeah when I did my motor swap I unhooked one of the PS hoses, and I guess I just refilled to the proper level and didn't bleed it, but that was 9 months ago or so? I suppose I'll try to bleed it also.
Hopefully the pump isn't going out, car does have over 178k on it now though. I have no idea what the life expectancy is on parts.
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Yeah when I did my motor swap I unhooked one of the PS hoses, and I guess I just refilled to the proper level and didn't bleed it, but that was 9 months ago or so? I suppose I'll try to bleed it also.
Hopefully the pump isn't going out, car does have over 178k on it now though. I have no idea what the life expectancy is on parts.
Hopefully the pump isn't going out, car does have over 178k on it now though. I have no idea what the life expectancy is on parts.
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From: Spring Hill, FL
Yeah it wasn't whining, it doesn't look like its low on fluid either, it was on the cold mark when I checked the fluid level, I drove the car maybe 5 minutes combined on the drive I took, it stated acting weird on the way back.
Yeah I'm not sure on the bleeding either as I said I lost some fluid a while back when I did my motor swap but it hadn't given me any issues, I had just refilled to the proper level.
Yeah I'm not sure on the bleeding either as I said I lost some fluid a while back when I did my motor swap but it hadn't given me any issues, I had just refilled to the proper level.
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From: Spring Hill, FL
Alright I'm really hoping its a slipping belt! Looks like I have a coolant hose leaking, the one that goes into the thermostat housing. Wasn't blatantly obvious the other day but I just came back from a drive and its leaking all sorts of noticeable today.
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