power steering dont work. but fluid is in there?

[Ely585]

i bought the car but my power steering dont work. its SUPER hard to turn. . the power steering is all there but it dont work. im not sure whats wrong.

[mtnbikaah]

Is there a belt going to your power steering pump? if there is the the pump could be junk.

[TracieS]

Or you could possible have a busted hoes some where. Happened to me so I lost fluid and pressure. Just something to check.

[batever]

The power steering pump could be bad, in which case you can get one for like $35 at the JY. I'm not sure how to safely test it though because it puts out up to 300 psi pressure and without the right equipment to pressure test it you won't know....a shop may be able to test it and recommend a replacement if necessary.

Either that or your power steering rack is bad. That could also be either a repair or a replace scenario.

Start with figuring out whether the pump is putting out pressure into the working line (the hard line that bolts into the top of the pump.

Wear eye protection when messing with it if you are attempting to determine if it's good by yourself--i don't think it puts out high pressure all at once (probably builds it over time) but better safe than sorry.

In your scenario if you are a do it yourselfer I would consider just replacing the p.s. pump and seeing if that fixes it. If it doesn't , you know it's the rack.

And the cost of replacing the p.s. pump by yourself is like $40 (JY part) vs $60 just to have a mechanic look at the thing and tell you what's up.


there is also a filter at the intake line in the power steering reservoir (or so I hear). If that's clogged then the pump won't be able to pull fluid.

[Ely585]

The power steering pump could be bad, in which case you can get one for like $35 at the JY. I'm not sure how to safely test it though because it puts out up to 300 psi pressure and without the right equipment to pressure test it you won't know....a shop may be able to test it and recommend a replacement if necessary.

Either that or your power steering rack is bad. That could also be either a repair or a replace scenario.

Start with figuring out whether the pump is putting out pressure into the working line (the hard line that bolts into the top of the pump.

Wear eye protection when messing with it if you are attempting to determine if it's good by yourself--i don't think it puts out high pressure all at once (probably builds it over time) but better safe than sorry.

In your scenario if you are a do it yourselfer I would consider just replacing the p.s. pump and seeing if that fixes it. If it doesn't , you know it's the rack.

And the cost of replacing the p.s. pump by yourself is like $40 (JY part) vs $60 just to have a mechanic look at the thing and tell you what's up.


there is also a filter at the intake line in the power steering reservoir (or so I hear). If that's clogged then the pump won't be able to pull fluid.

my bro said it maybe clogged. if thats true then its good if not ima replace the whole thing. thanks for the help peoples.

[mtnbikaah]

just make sure you use Honda Genuine power steering fluid.... the ps pump doesn't like other/generic stuff.