[Shotimes] Re: Power Steering Pump

[Steve Tatro]

I agree.  I would flush the PS fluid, put in some fresh Valvoline synthetic (I've heard good things regarding with thier gold-bottled synthetic line) and add some of the Lucas PS conditioner.

FWIW, my '93 experience these "sticky situations", especially when cold.  The Lucas product worked better than I ever imagined.  Definitely not another "snake oil" product!

Now I just have to figure out if the rest of the Lucas products are equally as impressive!

Later,

Steve Tatro
Red/Black '93 with 172k miles
Cincinnati, Ohio

-- "Jonathon Beisler" <JBEIS001@stvincentshealth.com> wrote:
Karen,
I had to replace my pump about five months ago or so.  What a pain in the ass.  I think I paid $150 plus a core charge through Napa.  I believe that Rockauto.com was cheaper, but I couldn't wait as mine had completely failed at the bearing and I needed my car.  Most of the time they fail at the bearing on the impeller shaft and that makes quite a bit of noise.  Before you replace the pump and since replacing the fluid helped a little, you might try adding some Lucas Power Steering Sealer and Reconditioner.  I tried that after I replaced the pump when I still had problems.  In my experience, the "stickiness" that you mentioned might be because of the rack and pinion and not the pump.  I put in fresh MaxLife power steering fluid and the Lucas after flushing with the cheapo stuff and it made a world of difference.  I think it was Kirk Doucette who recommended the Lucas restore stuff.  My steering was pulsing, getting hard at low speeds and groaning before I did that and now, th!
ree months later, it's still going good.
If you go the pump route, make sure the morons at the parts counter know that you have a SHO and understand what that means as they tried to sell me one for a Vulcan 3 liter.  Good luck, JB
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