Car stalls out when turning right but nit left. tank is full of gas.

sounds like the power steering pump, or a vacuum leak. Cant tell you more without more info.

Does it stall on right turns?
What RPM are you at before it stalls?
Does it do it out of gear (N/P)?
Does it hesitate anyother time?
Any warning to it stalling?
Any funny noises, whines, squeels?
Any vibrations when driving at highway speeds and you turn the wheel?
Does it stall when you turn the wheel a little or when you go to the lock?
Have you checked your powersteering fluid?

Does it stall on right turns?
What RPM are you at before it stalls?
Does it do it out of gear (N/P)?
Does it hesitate anyother time?
Any warning to it stalling?
Any funny noises, whines, squeels?
Any vibrations when driving at highway speeds and you turn the wheel?
Does it stall when you turn the wheel a little or when you go to the lock?
Have you checked your powersteering fluid?


Yes and not on left turns.
any even taking off
not in park
fine any other time
no warning
no funny noises
no vibrations
starts at little to the right and continues all the way to lock.
no but i will go check it now.

THANKS FOR THE HELP!

if it doesnt do it out of gear, and doesnt hesitate or make any funny noises, doesnt sound like a vacuum leak. So I would summize that its most likely the pump is going out. Might want to check pressures on your pump, and check the belts anyway just to be sure. Also just as a back up check ALL vacuum lines. Never know.

Oh and how does the fluid look? Low, high, anythere?

I checked the fluid and it was a little low. THere is a screen that can be removed from under the fill cap, it has stuff in it like mudd???? real thick.

I thought about taking off the power steering belt to see if it was the pump, would that give me a for sure answer on the pump going bad?

The strange thing to me is it only does it turning right, from a take off or driving.

you need to get that fluid out of there ASAP. drain it and refill it with new and see what it does. if that doesnt do the trick then your gonna need to look into replacing the pump, probably.

going to the right on some cars is a further suspension travel, requiring more effort for the pump. Also it could be that the pump is clogged and thats the direction that the valves maybe clogged.

You NEED to flush that powersteering baddly. I cant stress enough how urgant that is. If something isnt already fried it soon will be.

Well, i went out and took off the power steering pump belt and the dang thing still does it @#$%^&*(... so now what?

OK you took off the powersteering pump and it still dies when you turn it?!? Thats REAL wierd. Starting to sound like a vacuum leak now, or a air leak of some kind. Cant tell you without diagnosing the car in person. Check every vacuum line all the EGR hoses, all the IAC lines and everything that could possibly cause a access air leak. Could also be a short in a wire that is getting ground out when you turn the wheel.

it doesnt die any other time??? only when you turn the wheels to the right, it dies???

yep only when it turns right. I think it is something electrical under the hood also. i removed everything from under the drivers side dash. unplugged every plug and it still does it. wonder if it could be some type of relay? i noticed that when you turn the wheels you can hear the F.I.C.D. click. i guess its doing that to idle up the car when the engine is placed under a load like turning the wheels and ac?

do ya think i could remove all relays under the hood and give that a try?

the engine is idleing up its RPM to compensate for the added load of the powersteering pump kicking in. If it doesnt idle up, it will die, no mater which way you turn the wheels. All cars do this. honeslty I dont think its a relay, if it were a relay it would happen both ways when you turn the wheel. Check the vacuum lines and powersteering lines, EGR lines, IAC lines, and intake hoses. Make sure nothing is cutting or pinching into them. Make sure you have no leaks from any of them if you do it could cause the problem.

i will check the lines and all. but its like it cuts power in half or something. the few times i have had the chance i have floored it and it quits cuttin out but lacks major power.

i think it has to be a wire or something?????

i appreciate everyones help very much.

someone told me that it may be the power steering pressure switch. gonna give that a try.

could be the switch, but it doesnt sound like it, that ussually causes stalling in both directions. Who knows though.

Car stalls out when turning right but nit left. tank is full of gas.
Does the car lose ALL power...I mean electrical or just the engine dies?
I had a problem like that on my Corvette.....Turned out it was a hot wire that would shift just enough turning to hit the header causing a short that killed the ignition.

Car stalls out when turning right but nit left. tank is full of gas.

Sounds like your car want's to be a drag racer and just go in stright lines, or maybe a circle track racer. Hmmmmm

Look for something electrical getting hit when you turn right.

Albert

well, i looked under the car and didnt see any wires that could be touching anything.

I noticed this weekend that if you cut the wheels to the right while sitting still and try to take off it starts missing real bad. but you can put the car in neutral and it runs ok. Could there be something in or on the transmission that would cause this????

i guess i'm going to take it to a better mechanic than myself and have him look at it. I paid 1800 for the car and i think its worth putting maybe 800 - 1000 more into. everything else on the car is fine.


once again i appreciate everyones help.

if its in gear and you turn the wheel sharply to the right and try to take off it starts missing really bad, but doesnt do it when its in N/P..... sounds like you DO have a vacuum leak somewhere.

if its in gear and you turn the wheel sharply to the right and try to take off it starts missing really bad, but doesnt do it when its in N/P..... sounds like you DO have a vacuum leak somewhere.

That or maybe something in your steering linkage is shorting out something when you turn right. If it was a vacuum leak wouldn't do it all the time?

Not always..... it could be a hose that is being moved by the linkage.
or the added load placed on the engine makes the leak that much more apparent. Had something simaler with a volvo the other day.... turned out to be a pin hole leak near the IAC valve. Didnt make the car run funny at all when driving or sitting, but sit in gear and turn the wheel either way and it dies or tries to.

I will look up the symptoms while I am thinking of it.

Took the car to a better mechanic and he found a pretty bad vaccume leak at the back of the intake. still dont see how this would cause it to stall when turning right and not all the time. told dude to fix it.

some vacuum leaks may just cause a lean condition under normal driving, the O2 sensors will tell the computer it will try and compensate...... but under idle situations the car does not have the RPMs or generating the power to over come this the computer will try and compesate but maybe adding too much fuel or not adding any at all becuase its not reading it right. It really depends on where the leak is coming from on the car. Vacuum is higher under idle than at 3000 RPM. It wierd like that but thats the way it works.