Power steering overflow?!

[seminoles2005]

over a month ago i noticed my car was leaking power steering fluid and was slowly starting to sound bad everywhere i would turn, i pulled my car in to tear it down and put a new turbo on. I thought it was just the cap so i went to the junk yard and replaced the whole reservoir. I finally got the car back on the road today and it still leaks fluid. So i grabbed the cap off my other dsm that i know doesnt leak fluid out.

Turned the car on and just turned the steering wheel around, the car just sounded like it was out of fluid so i cut the car off the add more fluid, just as i was about to open the cap power steering fluid just rushed out and all over my engine bay. This is with the car off. Do i have a clog in my line or something??

 

[absolute_DSM]

When the car is on, and you turn the wheel, does it seem to skip as you turn it?

 

[seminoles2005]

mm im not sure what you mean, when i turn the steering wheel slowly it whines a lot and if i do it quickly it gets hard then feels like it lets go then gets hard again, i guess thats you mean when it skips. Ive tried to bleed it by filling the power steering up, turning the car on and slowly turning the steering wheel side to side then shutting the car off and checking the cap if its over flowing and it wasnt but the fluid is milky looking, its filled with tiny bubbles.

I thought id be okay so i drove around today and when i decided to check it once i had fluid everywhere again.....

 

[absolute_DSM]

You have air in the system. Dont fill it anymore and keep the cap on. Turn the wheel lock to lock a few times then check the level again with the car on.

 

[seminoles2005]

ive done that, ive tried turning it side to side multiple times, turned the car off and checked it, the car sounds bad when i turn the steering wheel anywhere, it doesnt give me any problems when im moving pretty fast but at idle and under 10 mph it gives that "skip" feeling.

i have already turned the car on and turned the steering wheel side to side, cut the car off and pop the cap off and let the air come on and repeat over and over. i get the same results, how many times would i have to do this before all the air would be out? Like a number estimate?

 

[seminoles2005]

well ive tried bleedin the lines with the car on and the car off, no luck at all. It still leaks like a mofo, after spending at least 40 minutes bleeding it getting no where it makes me mad to turn the car on and let it sit for a couple minutes, turn it off and watch the p/s fluid get barfed up through the resivour cap.

I dont think its air in my lines i think my p/s pump went to shit. Is their any way to check this for sure before buying a $110 dollar replacement?

 

[somdturbo]

I recall somebody selling a ps pump rebuild kit but not sure where. Sorry. search around. or use a junk yard one.

 

[absolute_DSM]

well ive tried bleedin the lines with the car on and the car off, no luck at all. It still leaks like a mofo, after spending at least 40 minutes bleeding it getting no where it makes me mad to turn the car on and let it sit for a couple minutes, turn it off and watch the p/s fluid get barfed up through the resivour cap.

I dont think its air in my lines i think my p/s pump went to shit. Is their any way to check this for sure before buying a $110 dollar replacement?

Have a REALLY good friend let you "borrow" his pump to see if that is actually the problem.

 

[BISHILVR]

Sounds like you have it overfilled! let it sit, and then adjust the level in the reservoir, then bleed it as I was telling you to.

 

[seminoles2005]

i just went ahead and replaced the steering unit. It works perfectly fine now, i just dont understand why it would over flow. Maybe the lines were clogged? oh well