no power steering please help

[daren]

it started out with a loud wine so i checked the fluid level it s good steering got worse till i dint have much power asist so i figured id replace pump steering still did the same thing so i did a rack (rebilt) because right boot was torn and leaking still screwed up so i did another pump since it was under warenty i still dont have any steering
i did relocate the resivior but i dout that has anything to do with it the fluid in the resivior just bubbles up like its blowing air from the return hose i was wondering if any one knew much about the banjo bolt and the little cylinder inside it wat dose the cylinder do this has been extremly frustrating any fitings i should check or tips you guys have would be apreciated its probly somthing stupidly obvious please help 88t

 

[mkiiSupraMan18]

Uhh... when I changed my rack I left the car jacked up, filled the resevoir up, turned it back and forth (all the way left, all the way right) until the whining stopped, checked the fluid, took it off the stands and was on my way. No problems after that.

 

[daren]

Uhh... when I changed my rack I left the car jacked up, filled the resevoir up, turned it back and forth (all the way left, all the way right) until the whining stopped, checked the fluid, took it off the stands and was on my way. No problems after that.

thats what i did but the pump never stops wining

 

[corewitz]

SAME EXACT thing happened to me. Replaced the pump, then the rack, and pretty much the whole entire steering assembly to find myself with still no power steering. Turned out that the power steering lines in were all clogged full of all this gunk, so the pump was just wining and not being able to pump fluid past the gunk. Flush out your lines and power steering cooler, you will be suprised at how much crap can build up in there

 

[daren]

SAME EXACT thing happened to me. Replaced the pump, then the rack, and pretty much the whole entire steering assembly to find myself with still no power steering. Turned out that the power steering lines in were all clogged full of all this gunk, so the pump was just wining and not being able to pump fluid past the gunk. Flush out your lines and power steering cooler, you will be suprised at how much crap can build up in there

how should i flush the system ? thanks for the reply

 

[daren]

how should i flush the system ? thanks for the reply

i disconected the presser line and blew through both sides it seemed to be clear i also replaced the intake hose so mabe ther is some crap in the cooler

 

[corewitz]

i used a brush and scrubbed in there a little bit, and saw that it was too much work for me, so i took it to a radiator repair shop and they flushed it out and cleaned it up, after i installed the flushed cooler and hardlines, i started it up, bled it, and the thing steered with a finger

 

[corewitz]

i disconected the presser line and blew through both sides it seemed to be clear i also replaced the intake hose so mabe ther is some crap in the cooler

do it in every line you can, i found alot of crap in my hardlines that run to the cooler in the front of the car, the guy at the shop said nothing was even coming through at all, so he took pressurized oil and shot it through there and crap exploded out the other side

 

[daren]

i used a brush and scrubbed in there a little bit, and saw that it was too much work for me, so i took it to a radiator repair shop and they flushed it out and cleaned it up, after i installed the flushed cooler and hardlines, i started it up, bled it, and the thing steered with a finger

where is the cooler i see the engine oil cooler but all the ps line dose is go in the front by the air intake whole and turn around and come back out to the resivior

 

[corewitz]

oops. sorry, my bad in making it sound like an actual radiator type, all it is, is a hardline that runs to the front of the car and gets cooled by the air coming through the two vents by the headlights and turn signals.

take out the hardline (cooling line, cooler, what ever you want to call it lol) and find something pressurized, like compressed air or oil to blow the crap outta there. all it is is a big U tube without cooling fins and runs right by the two vents in the turn signals.

 

[daren]

its cool, i really apriciate your help, ive seen that little u cooler thing ill undo the lines tomorow and give them a good blow with the compresser

 

[daren]

today i diconected the return line on both sides blew through it with the air commpresser i thought it got some crap out but when i reconected it and tryed it it still has no steering i think there is alot of air getting in there some how because the ruturn line blows air hardcore dose anyone have any ideas where the air is getting in

 

[corewitz]

hmmmm. sorry that didnt work....any leaks.. i guess just double check that everythings tight, and the boots are clamped tight on the rack.

 

[daren]

thanks for the help i took the car to the shop today ill see what they can find out and ill go from there