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'98 SL2 PS problems
I've recently been blessed with a job that affords me the ability to
have enough extra cash to get the numerous issues with my car fixed, and this particular one is of high annoyance: In April of '04, I had my brakes done at a Midas shop. They checked all my fluids for me as well, but forgot to place the PS cap on. Six months later, I realize that I'm driving without a cap and that the fluid's a nasty looking orange color. I do nothing about it. A few months later, my steering starts to get...resistant. On cold mornings, my car develops a very loud rattling noise. My steering performance at a dead stop continues to worsen throughout that winter coming into '05. The rattling also gets more prevalent, occuring on both warm and cold mornings before the car itself warms up. I bought a power steering cap this past spring (finally), so I no longer leak fluid everywhere when I hit a bump, but my steering's just as bad as ever. The fluid levels are fine, however it's still a dirty orange color. The rattling and poor steering are definitely on my nerves. My car's steering works fine if I'm pressing the gas, but at a dead stop or when I'm slowing down the performance goes right down the toilet. A friend of mine had mentioned that the pump would probably need to be replaced, but I thought I'd post here to see what might also be causing the problem, if anything. 1998 Saturn SL2 170k miles. Thanks in advance! |
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Actually, I was that dumb and the childish remarks are doing nothing to
solve my problem. So, what else might be ruined besides the pump? Thanks! Brandon On Oct 18, 11:06 pm, Jocko Homo > wrote: > Come on now. This just has to be a troll. Nobody that dumb could > figure out how to find this newsgroup. > > On 18 Oct 2006 11:52:14 -0700, wrote: > > >I've recently been blessed with a job that affords me the ability to > >have enough extra cash to get the numerous issues with my car fixed, > >and this particular one is of high annoyance: > > >In April of '04, I had my brakes done at a Midas shop. They checked all > >my fluids for me as well, but forgot to place the PS cap on. Six months > >later, I realize that I'm driving without a cap and that the fluid's a > >nasty looking orange color. I do nothing about it. A few months later, > >my steering starts to get...resistant. On cold mornings, my car > >develops a very loud rattling noise. My steering performance at a dead > >stop continues to worsen throughout that winter coming into '05. The > >rattling also gets more prevalent, occuring on both warm and cold > >mornings before the car itself warms up. > > >I bought a power steering cap this past spring (finally), so I no > >longer leak fluid everywhere when I hit a bump, but my steering's just > >as bad as ever. The fluid levels are fine, however it's still a dirty > >orange color. The rattling and poor steering are definitely on my > >nerves. > > >My car's steering works fine if I'm pressing the gas, but at a dead > >stop or when I'm slowing down the performance goes right down the > >toilet. > > >A friend of mine had mentioned that the pump would probably need to be > >replaced, but I thought I'd post here to see what might also be causing > >the problem, if anything. > > >1998 Saturn SL2 170k miles. > > >Thanks in advance! |
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Sorry to hear about your problems, I agree with the rest of the posters that
you probably have a pretty badly contaminated system and will need at least to change the fluid and probably the pump. Try the fluid first..what do you have to lose? In the future..replace any missing parts ASAP.! I am encouraged by the 170k miles your SL2 has..I just bought a used 98 SL2 with 87k for the kids to drive, and I wasn't all that sure about the longetivity of Saturns, but maybe we will have this one around for a while. What issues have you seen in 170K miles? -- Mike S. > wrote in message oups.com... > I've recently been blessed with a job that affords me the ability to > have enough extra cash to get the numerous issues with my car fixed, > and this particular one is of high annoyance: > > In April of '04, I had my brakes done at a Midas shop. They checked all > my fluids for me as well, but forgot to place the PS cap on. Six months > later, I realize that I'm driving without a cap and that the fluid's a > nasty looking orange color. I do nothing about it. A few months later, > my steering starts to get...resistant. On cold mornings, my car > develops a very loud rattling noise. My steering performance at a dead > stop continues to worsen throughout that winter coming into '05. The > rattling also gets more prevalent, occuring on both warm and cold > mornings before the car itself warms up. > > I bought a power steering cap this past spring (finally), so I no > longer leak fluid everywhere when I hit a bump, but my steering's just > as bad as ever. The fluid levels are fine, however it's still a dirty > orange color. The rattling and poor steering are definitely on my > nerves. > > My car's steering works fine if I'm pressing the gas, but at a dead > stop or when I'm slowing down the performance goes right down the > toilet. > > A friend of mine had mentioned that the pump would probably need to be > replaced, but I thought I'd post here to see what might also be causing > the problem, if anything. > > 1998 Saturn SL2 170k miles. > > Thanks in advance! > |
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