Power Steering Woes

[kolton]

So I asked a buddy of mine to go start and drive my MJ around while I was out of town to try and break in the new motor. My wife calls and asks why it's making a funny noise when the tires turn...

 

This has been the quietest, cleanest, tightest pump I've ever owned. I've never heard a whine from it at all. During the entire motor swap process, the PS cap was never removed, and the pump was never put in a bind when laid over and tied to the fender well.

 

My wife was out there with my friend when he started the MJ, and it was screaming. He said it was full of bubbles so he let it settle down and found the pump maybe a half inch low so he topped it off, put the cap back on and started the truck. Fluid was spraying a solid stream a good 3 feet away from the truck...

 

When I get home I'm going I look more I to it. But I wanted to know how tough these pumps are. If something were to contaminate the fluid, is the pump usually saveable? The truck has sat in a covered parking spot since this past Sunday,

[FrankTheDog]

Suck what fluid is in there out and put in new power steering fluid not ATF.

Start the engine and just let it idle until the whine goes mostly away.

When the whine is mostly gone drive it normally with out sawing back and forth on the wheel.

I just replaced the lines my truck last week and that is how I did it.

My local mechanic told me that's how he does it and it seemed to work very well for me. Start there and then if it gives you trouble dig deeper.

[kolton]

The fluid it regular P/S fluid, and there are no leaks on the system. I guess a good flushing is in order since the fluid got murky and bubbled. I was just wondering if anyone had run into something like that before.

 

I'll be back in TX tomorrow night an ill finally be done with this Canada junk. Then I'll be able to diagnose it a little better. It's just wierd that it would happen at random with no signs of going out.