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Old 01-16-2007, 05:32 PM
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Help! Power steering fluid puddle under car!

It's been a day...

My son's 97 GP, the idler pulley broke off at 65mph this morning. Being only a few miles away, he drove back home and parked it in the garage. Tonight I replaced the pulley and put a new belt on, fired it up, everything seemed OK.

However, once I backed out of the garage, and discovered a 12" wide puddle of PS fluid on the ground. Argghhh!!

I wonder if something got damaged when the pulley came off.

Any suggestions on where I should start? FWIW, the power steering is still working for the moment.

*EDIT* Had a friend look at it tonight - he says oil is coming out the PS pump main seal. Well, that answers that.

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Old 01-17-2007, 05:09 PM
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Re: Help! Power steering fluid puddle under car!

Yep! New pump time. Make absolutely certain that you bleed the lines and pump otherwise you can burn up the new pump.
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Re: Help! Power steering fluid puddle under car!

I just this second sat down, the pump replacement is ... DONE!

Bought a pump and borrowed a pulley puller from Autozone, my son and I did the job. We did the bleed procedure too, so far so good.
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