Peter Birmingham
Well Known Member
I am having a problem with my power steering, the system includes a new 500 steering box and a new power steering pump. The pulley on the pump was modified, made smaller to clear the steering box. The power steering fluid is at the full mark on the dipstick. I jacked up the car so the wheels are just off the ground, then with the engine not running I turned the steering wheel from side to side. As I turned from center position to the right the fluid rose in the reservoir to almost overflowing. As I turned the wheel back to center the fluid went back to the original height and as I turned the steering wheel the other way it came up to almost over flowing again. Is this normal? Then I put the cap back on and turned the steering wheel all the way to the stop and the fluid shot out a hole in the center of the cap. Needless to say I had a lot of fluid on the floor. I took the cap off and started the engine, hard to tell but it did not look like the oil was circulating in the reservoir.