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how can i tell if power steering pump is bad?

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Old 08-30-2010, 07:07 PM
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how can i tell if power steering pump is bad?

Turns easy to left and really hard to the right. Is that a bad pump?
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Try changing the fluid.
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more than likely its a bad steering box, if pump is faulty usually you have no steering or brakes (or one or the other NOT both at the same time)

as mentioned above, replacing/flushing system can restore performance as fluid is cheap and almost never maintained
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