I’ve got a small power steering issue that’s been going on with my truck. I’ll get into the issue, but first I have what I think should be an easy question...
The power steering fluid levels don’t match up. When it’s full cold, it’s low warm. Common sense leads you to think they should be the same, but what level is more important?
The reason I’m even worried about this at the moment, is I’ve had a little power steering issue develop. The power steering pump is a few months old at this point. But maybe three weeks to a month back when I would turn the right, I would feel what I would best discribe as a little vibration mixed with a small catch in my steering.
When it was first going on, I decided after a while to jack the truck up, I pulled the cap and turned it back and forth while running thinking maybe it got some air trapped somehow. It really helped for a couple weeks. It developed again, so once more, I tried it again, it seemed to be a fix for a very short period this time. It’s super hot right now and it’s coming on again pretty good, so I’m kind of connecting the dots to this maybe being related to a heat thing. Which makes me think maybe it’s a hot fluid level issue. But that may coincidence.
Anyways, it’s really just annoying, doesn’t seem to be an issue, but something I’d love to clear up.
The power steering fluid levels don’t match up. When it’s full cold, it’s low warm. Common sense leads you to think they should be the same, but what level is more important?
The reason I’m even worried about this at the moment, is I’ve had a little power steering issue develop. The power steering pump is a few months old at this point. But maybe three weeks to a month back when I would turn the right, I would feel what I would best discribe as a little vibration mixed with a small catch in my steering.
When it was first going on, I decided after a while to jack the truck up, I pulled the cap and turned it back and forth while running thinking maybe it got some air trapped somehow. It really helped for a couple weeks. It developed again, so once more, I tried it again, it seemed to be a fix for a very short period this time. It’s super hot right now and it’s coming on again pretty good, so I’m kind of connecting the dots to this maybe being related to a heat thing. Which makes me think maybe it’s a hot fluid level issue. But that may coincidence.
Anyways, it’s really just annoying, doesn’t seem to be an issue, but something I’d love to clear up.