Re: What happens when power steering loses pressure?
"Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote in message
news:13fala5aj03jfdb@news.supernews.com...
>I have a 1992 240 wagon. Today I noticed that steering had become rather
>hard and after refilling the reservoir, realized that there appears to be a
>hole in the pressure line that runs in front of the steering gear - when
>the car runs, fluid sprays from it.
>
> When all the fluid is gone, will the effect just be that there's no power,
> but steering will still actually work? Can more damage be done to the
> car from this?
>
Yeah you'll ruin the pump fairly quickly. You should take the belt off until
you can get the line fixed. |