power steering fluid foaming and expanding
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power steering fluid foaming and expanding
this just started happening the other day. when my truck is running the brakes wotn work and neither does the power steering (hydroboost brakes) and after a little bit it starts coming out of the top of the pump. it gets all foamy and goes everywhere kinda like putting liquid soap in a dishwasher. anyone ever heard of this? or better yet know how to fix it
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hmmm that sounds like the same thing. i remembered though i had to do some splices to make it work with my hydroboost. i only spliced onto the low pressure hoses and i had to tee 2 hoses into the return. do you think that might have soemthing to do with it? im figuring it has something to do with the hydroboost in there. i cant even turn the wheels to bleed it out i have 0 power steering at all
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Yes there is too much air in the system and it is not letting the hydraulics work as they should need to get the air out and kept out. And then you should be in business You may have to drain the fluid out and put fresh fluid in being that the old is aeorated.
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I had a similar problem with the '91 non-intercooled truck I used to own. I had to put a new steering box in it to solve the problem. I assumed there was some kind of blockage inside the pump that wouldn't allow the fluid to circulate, causing it to foam and spew out the filler cap on the pump.