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Old 06-15-2009, 08:52 AM
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Whenever I’m making tight turns it feels as if my power steering is out? Sometimes I'm having to use two hands to make a turn does anyone have any ideas on what might be the problem?
Old 06-21-2009, 12:07 AM
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Have you checked your power steering fluid level?
Old 06-22-2009, 08:49 AM
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Flush out PS fluid and refill with quality synthetic PS fluid like Redline and add in a Nismo PS oil cooler. If you got bigger aftermarket wheels or do track days etc, the factory fluid boils and starts to get hard to steer.
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Yeah i checked the fluid it's good ill drain it and add new see if that helps thanks!
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wait? are you daily driving or is this on the track?? where is the issue happening.......

daily driving - add new quality fluid

track - look into adding PS cooler and new quality fluid..

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I completly bled the power steering and put in higher quality fluid it was working good for about a week and now im having the same problems I had before. Any ideas?
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Check all hoses and lines for pinching? Or maybe it's your pump that's on its way out. Give us some info on your car. What year, mileage? Original belts?
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Originally Posted by ch458q
I completly bled the power steering and put in higher quality fluid it was working good for about a week and now im having the same problems I had before. Any ideas?
What kind of fluid did you use if you dont mine me asking?
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03 base 85000 to my knowledge original belts and hoses
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