Sorry for posting this here but I get more answers from you guys than anyone else.
My daughters car started squealing at the ps pump yesterday. I looked in the resevoir and the fluid seem to be a little foamy but had enough fluid in it even though there was some fresh fluid around the top of the resevoir.
Today the noise isn't as bad but the steering is stiffer and when I look into the tank it's no longer foaming and it appears that the fluid isn't moving around at all. I ran an Ice cream stick down into the bottom of the tank and scraped up some pretty thick gunk off of the bottom. The fluid it's self doesn't really look that bad though.
So my question;
Is my pump gone or is there anything that I can put in it to clean it out and then refill it with fluid?
Update:
now when I turn the wheel all the way in each direction it pushes the fluid out of the tank around the cap.

 

Ok I ran a quart of ATF through it and it's as smooth as a baby's bottom. I think I'll do this again in a couple of weeks just to make sure it's cleaned out.

 

My guess is the pump is dead or dying. I cant recall what car it was but if you turned the wheel without it running it would puke fluid out the cap kinda like what your seeing. You can flush the system by pulling off the non pressure side and sticking the hose in a bucket or?? and as it idles pour the new fluid thru it and turn the wheels at the same time. Doing this with a new pump inplace might not be the best on a new pump but it may be your only choice if the old one is gone. On my jeep I regulary suck out the resevoir and refill with fresh ps fluid.