Hi All,
I tried searching but couldn't find anything that addresses my issue.
I have been having some pretty serious issues with my power steering. What started out as a small drip two days ago has spiraled into having serious foaming and overflowing out of the reservoir.
I had a slow leak where the steering rack meets the steering column. After reading a few online reviews, I bought a bottle of Blue Devil stop leak and followed the directions. I drove the truck for 2 hours yesterday and had no issues and it actually seemed like the leak was gone.
Well, today I drove the truck about 30 miles and when I stopped to get gas, all of the sudden the system started groaning so I popped the hood and there was fluid foaming out of the reservoir in large amounts. I tried to bleed the system by following the FSM and I am still getting air in the system like crazy. I cleaned the reservoir and I didn't see much in the way of gunk on the little screen but I blasted it with brake cleaner anyway and tried again and it's the same.
My question is, how does air get into the system this quickly and could it be sucking in where the leak was even though it doesn't appear to be leaking any more or is it more likely the lines?
I ordered a new rack from my local dealer and scheduled to have it installed but that won't be for three weeks. In the mean time, I am wondering if that is even my issue...
Could I try to use a radiator pressure tester to see if I can find where the air is getting in or is that dumb?
The pic is of the initial leak. There is fluid all over the place now by the reservoir and lines and it's raining too hard to really get them cleaned up today, but I will have time this weekend to dive into this further.
Any insights ?
Thanks in advance, Red.
I tried searching but couldn't find anything that addresses my issue.
I have been having some pretty serious issues with my power steering. What started out as a small drip two days ago has spiraled into having serious foaming and overflowing out of the reservoir.
I had a slow leak where the steering rack meets the steering column. After reading a few online reviews, I bought a bottle of Blue Devil stop leak and followed the directions. I drove the truck for 2 hours yesterday and had no issues and it actually seemed like the leak was gone.
Well, today I drove the truck about 30 miles and when I stopped to get gas, all of the sudden the system started groaning so I popped the hood and there was fluid foaming out of the reservoir in large amounts. I tried to bleed the system by following the FSM and I am still getting air in the system like crazy. I cleaned the reservoir and I didn't see much in the way of gunk on the little screen but I blasted it with brake cleaner anyway and tried again and it's the same.
My question is, how does air get into the system this quickly and could it be sucking in where the leak was even though it doesn't appear to be leaking any more or is it more likely the lines?
I ordered a new rack from my local dealer and scheduled to have it installed but that won't be for three weeks. In the mean time, I am wondering if that is even my issue...
Could I try to use a radiator pressure tester to see if I can find where the air is getting in or is that dumb?
The pic is of the initial leak. There is fluid all over the place now by the reservoir and lines and it's raining too hard to really get them cleaned up today, but I will have time this weekend to dive into this further.
Any insights ?
Thanks in advance, Red.