Psp

[toyo rob]

right, im having lots of fun and games with my steering at the mo and was wondering if any of u knowlegable and kind people would be able to help,

 

right first i started to get a small creak from the steering, got an early 93 soop so had a quick search and saw a bit on some lucas stuff thats meant to help keep the seals etc in good order. went out and got some. was running a bit low on fluid so intend to add it all slowly till all was gone thus doing as the label instructed( USE ALL!!) anyway drove for a week or so and i decided to check the level. gone down so add more additive stuff. go some more, check add some more etc etc you get the picture.

 

anyway steering starts to get a bit annoying so have a good look under the hood; see lots of slim under the battery tray and down the inside of the fuse box, and a small amount of liquid about the top of the resevoir. take a shot in the dark and say thats spewing out the bloody resevior!! how the f**k that work???.

 

so chat to a mechanic doing some part time stuff at work. first words are" PSP's gone get a new one" i start to brick it as last thing my finances need is a big hole where my new psp is coming from. anyway go to a place and get a used one, still f***ing expensive but i thought well cheaper than toyota and they're 3 week delivery.

 

put this thing on and no better, right really starting to f**k me off. ask about a bit and am starting to think along the lines of maybe a valve or something in the rack rather than the pump,

 

 

any ideas / thoughts / explanations/ just anything really would be gratefully appreciated, esp if it saves me money,

 

cheers

 

Rob S:stupid:

[matt]

Originally posted by toyo rob

anyway steering starts to get a bit annoying

 

You're gonna have to do better than that:p

[toyo rob]

Well ssssoooorrrryyyyy,

 

ok, for the pedantic ones among this little group, its a straininng creaking noise that started only when turning right but has moved on to total movement of the steering wheel.

 

that any better,

 

now stop taking the piss and start to HELP

 

Rob S:twak:

[matt]

So , I'm being pedantic by saying that a better description of the problem other than 'its annoying' ??!

 

Fuck you then.......... diagnose it yourself. Twat

[Aerotop Dave]

[LeeT]

Originally posted by matt

So , I'm being pedantic by saying that a better description of the problem other than 'its annoying' ??!

 

Fuck you then.......... diagnose it yourself. Twat

 

pmsl, someone been out for a friday drink?

[dangerous brain]

He he he. Now thats funny. I know where he is coming from though lets face it if you went into a garage and said that my car is making annnoying noises when they asked what the problem was they would laugh you out of the garage or rub their thieving mits in glee

 

I had power steering problems with my 93 N/A. It was coming out of the pulley input drive to the pump seal. It was only coming out on full lock though. If you want to see that the new pump doesn't have the same fault as the old one get a freind (not matt:D ) to put it on full lock and hold it over on full lock whilst you shine a torch through the pulley onto the seal area. It will become immediately apparent if its leaking from there. That pulley can fling oil everywhere. If that isn't the problem get some solvent and clean that whole area down and again start her up and get someone to operate the steering whilst you shine a bright orch into the area and scan over all the pipework. Generally speaking oil follows gravity so it will either go straight downwards or downwards and back wards if its happening at speed. If the leak was sufficient to spray upwards into the battery bay then your reservoir would empty a hell of a lot faster. Often times though you will get more than 1 leak in a hydraulic system if its a bit aged and you may find that when you replaced the pump its new vigour blew a seal somewhere else.

 

Hopefully that advice was bit less pedantic and not quite as blunt as others lol:p

 

1 Other piece of advice try not to be sarcastic when replying to people in the tech advice column or you may find your posts with a lot of tumbleweed in them.

[Terminator]

LMAO

 

Matt , he was asking for it.:flame Dev

[toyo rob]

well cheers for the advise and am real sorry for the annoying remark.

 

SORRY MATT,

 

didn't think ideserved it really, just dying of frustration with not being able to drive my car for over a week and the frim's mechanic not really having a clue!!!

 

Will take the hard earned advise tho and tone down,

 

CHEEERS all,

 

BYE BYE

 

Rob S

[dangerous brain]

Don't worry about that advice we all get a bit and give a bit of stick from time to time. Just have a butchers at those pipes like I said above before you go spending any more cash. Its simple to do and a mate can help you do it yourself.

[toyo rob]

just incase anybody needs any help with or has the same fault as me i can tell you that after standing there with at least 4 different mechanics and god knows how many helpful hints and suggestions that in the end i got so frustrated that i went to a Power steering place and got it checked out.

 

THE ANSWER:

 

well the stupid little steel power steerig tank/resevoir apparently has its own filter and is part of the tank itself. after time the filter become BLOCKED and causes fluid starvation to the rack and fluid to come out the cap.

 

THINGS TO LOOK FOR:

 

right then important bits to look for to know if this is the problem;

fluid coming out of the lid, fluid containing bubbles/ looks 'fizzy', groaning in the rack when moving(1/2 way thru a journey)/ even after just topping up the fluid BUT NOT after the cars been left for a while.

 

so after worrying about having to import a new pump it turns out to be something silly.

 

ANyway cheers to DB for the help, and now am wondering if anybody know what kind of thing i would need to put into the tank to clear the blockage in the filter??

 

CHEERS

 

Rob S