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Sep 12, 2024
5:14:45pm

Cougar Junkie All-American

My hard-learned tip: If you end up replacing the power steering pump, go with

an OEM pump. I bought a pump from rockauto.com and had my mechanic install it. It didn't solve the problem. My mechanic then told me that power steering pumps are the part with the highest failure rate. (Gee, why didn't you tell me that up front?) So I bought an OEM pump and paid him for another installation. Problem solved.

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Cougar Junkie

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Unidentified power steering leak

TheoHux

Sep 12, 5:07pm

It's not a long term fix. It might stop it temporarily if you are lucky.

the rural juror

Sep 12, 5:09pm

In my experience, stop leak products cause more harm than good.

Madam Pattirini

Sep 12, 5:10pm

My hard-learned tip: If you end up replacing the power steering pump, go with

Sep 12, 5:14pm

Try the stop leak first, it might work

Sep 12, 5:22pm

Stop leak for any components is snake oil

RWaters

Sep 12, 5:26pm

Thanks for the tips.

TheoHux

Sep 12, 5:34pm

No - foamy just means it’s being pumped around prior to leaking out

RWaters

Sep 12, 5:37pm

Don’t use stop leak. It will be cheaper in the long run to have a shop/dealer diagnose the problem then use a stop leak

Bert609

Sep 12, 5:37pm

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