Thread: Help with my power steering problem

Hey thanks for reading im in need of some help.
I have a sr20det s13 and i have just put the engine back in it after a rebuild but my power steering wont go?
its full of power steering fluid and ive cheeked all the hoses are on right and stuff but it just wont go and im pretty shure the pump is fine, i was thinking maby there is a way to bleed your power steering fluid? but im stuck with what to do so if anyone can help anything will be well appreciated..

thanks alot guys =]

Bleeding is easy , jack the front up , turn the steering right left lock to lock with the car off about 20 times , then start it and do it again with the car running .... double check you fluid level while your doing it ... that should bleed the air out !!

yeah i tried that, i just jacked the front up and went lock to lock about 20times with the car running then put the car down and it still wasnt working? maby my pump could be stuffed? but i dont know how that could be because it was fine before it took the engine out

yea it's time for a new pump. Mine did that after i ran it with no fluid in it. I could smell a burning smell coming from the fluid tank. So i just scrapped it. Then again you said it was fine before the swap so...

Make sure your cap is not leaking or any lines. Other than that you could try to bleed it again. If you want a pump i have the one i took off of my 95. It worked fine before i removed it and i also have a reservoir as well. You can have both for shipping which would be about $10.

Yeh that would be great but i live in new zealand. is there any other ways to bleed it? nothing to bleed it on the steering rack or somthing?

No ... I posted the complete bleed procedure ... You are not reading the post !! I have had MANY cars that will not bleed unless you go lock to lock with the tires off the ground with the CAR OFF !! Dang I had one that took over 50 lock to lock turns with the car off before it would bleed out .... Car off 20-30 times then start it and go again 20 times and give it a try ...

seriously dude i done it like 30times with the car off and 30times with the car on and it still dosent work. the pump must be ****ed or somthing? any idears?

PM me your address if you want the pump and reservoir. I will get a shipping quote to you and we can go from there.

Sorry .... I am just going off what you wrote !!

" yeah i tried that, i just jacked the front up and went lock to lock about 20times with the car running then put the car down and it still wasnt working? "

But yea, sounds like a bad pump , or a restriction in the line ....