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94FormulaBird
09-22-2011, 05:10 PM
What would cause it...went to lunch at 1...car was fine...just cranked it up and it whines loud as shit....
Matts94Z28
09-22-2011, 05:16 PM
Fluid?
94FormulaBird
09-22-2011, 05:22 PM
Perhaps...In class now...have to check afterwards...blows my mind that I had no issue earlier today...car has been parked since 1:30
gearmesh, inc.
09-22-2011, 06:01 PM
Might be a cracked rotor or vane in the power steering pump since it came about all of a sudden.
94FormulaBird
09-22-2011, 07:39 PM
Reservoir was bone dry.....
BAD BOB
09-22-2011, 08:55 PM
i would say you have a leak!
94FormulaBird
09-22-2011, 10:02 PM
Filled it up at pep boys on rivers and drove it to goose creek...I live by the walmart....fluids lvl didn't change....
94FormulaBird
09-23-2011, 10:42 AM
Where are potential places to look for leaks in my power steering syste
?...I'ma have a few hours on sun/mon to get under the hood...would be nice to have an idea of what I lookin for
94FormulaBird
09-23-2011, 01:09 PM
moved the car into a wet parking space...turned the wheel all the way back and forth a few times.....moved it to another spot....there was an oil/fluid spot on the asphault on the drivers side....since the pump and reservior are on the passenger side i guess they are ok...might be the rack?....ill keep and eye on the fluid level until i can get under it on sunday
bwelch
09-23-2011, 01:52 PM
It could be the rack or a fluid line that screws into the rack(I dont know which side the lines hook too)
Matts94Z28
09-23-2011, 01:56 PM
The lines are on the driver side iirc.
Rattletrap
09-23-2011, 04:01 PM
F-bods get the !PS mod often!
94FormulaBird
09-25-2011, 06:37 PM
the boot on the drivers side is ripped to shreads on the steering rack....its leaking from inside there im pretty sure....ima double check around for holes in lines or anything else but im sure i wont find anything...ive never delt with steering stuff before so im wondering if its seals or something in the rack....

on a side note...as i drove from work in cola to walterboro last night at 4am...i noticed my brakes were getting worse...lots of shaking when the pedal was pressed...and when i pulled on to my dads carport the front passenger wheel was sliding across the concrete instead of rolling....guess who missing a caliper mounting bolt...musta back out somewhere down i26 or i95