YachtDriver
Posts : 132 Join date : 2010-02-02 Age : 48 Location : New Hampster
| Subject: Power Steering does not work when cold. Wed May 12, 2010 4:14 pm | |
| Just got back from a bit of a Road Trip.
When I was in Chicago the temperature dropped below freezing overnight with the car parked outside. The next morning the power steering didn't work. I opened the reservoir and it made a quick whine and started to work. There was a definite white color to the fluid and it was dark. The power steering worked fine after that. No foam or anything. I changed the fluid at my final destination. Using a turkey baster and sucking it out. Then driving for a couple of hours and repeating. I put about 2 quarts through the system. But the problem persisted. (No indoor parking) I made it home after 6000 miles and had the fluid completely changed by my mechanic. I have not had a chance to see if it's going to happen again but I was wondering if anyone else has seen anything like this. I am thinking some water got into the system and at night dropped to the bottom stopping the pump from pumping. But I am at a loss as to how or why it took a long road trip to bring this issue out. | |
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sdstick
Posts : 4292 Join date : 2009-03-20 Location : Revere, MA
| Subject: Re: Power Steering does not work when cold. Wed May 12, 2010 7:59 pm | |
| Very common. Power steering creates heat, cooling creates moisture Read a bunch about it but cant remember where. I'll try to remember. My 95 does it all the time overnight when the temp drops below freezing Easiest fix was a fluid purge as you figured | |
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