Power stering failure or tourque steer???

[shadowcat357]

Well I was out at auto-x hitting it up really hard having a blast. Hitting up some of the really tight turns in a chicago box I thinhk they called it. the diagram below is kinda what it looked like. And after going hard one way and then really hard back it felt like the power sterring almost was cutting out. Was that another form of tourque steer or a problem. It was unusual thats for sure. If it is a deficiency in the pump are there any options to fix it???


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[Mad-Machine]

could have been your PS... have you checked the levels recently? Even if it was not low.. you could have overheated the fluid.. as it is a hydraulic fluid not too dissemilar to brake fluid (don't mix and match though) It is possible you experienced "fade" in the system. If you look at how it is plumbed.. there is a "loop" down in front of the radiator to help keep the fluid cool.. but at the slow speeds of the auto-x, I doubt it was doing much.

[shadowcat357]

I will have to check the fluid. Because it made manuvering these things really hard

[heather]

My steering went out, too.
My fluids were fine.. replaced the belt or whatever it is.. ???
All I know is it looked like dental floss @_@
My car is a 97 Tib with 90k miles.
Drives like new now.

[shadowcat357]

I found a leak ner the resevoir. I think might be the lack of line presure cause by the leak