First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... Thanks I will try it. Phil
--- On Sat, 1/2/10, Larry *.* <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Larry *.* <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [FGF] power steering pump issues > To: "First Generation Firebird-L" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, January 2, 2010, 11:01 AM > First Generation Firebird-L Mailing > List > ......................................................................... > Support the car with the front wheels off the ground. Run > the steering from lock to lock a few times with the engine > idling. Let the car set overnight for the air to separate > out of the fluid. Once the fluid becomes mixed like a > milkshake with air, it takes some time for the air to > separate back out. The pump will quiet down when the fluid > releases the trapped air. The trapped air isn't > non-compressible like power steering fluid, so the system > will be noisy while there is trapped air in the fluid. It > will be okay when the trapped air escapes. > > Larry > > --- On Sat, 1/2/10, phil seitz <[email protected]> > wrote: > > From: phil seitz <[email protected]> > Subject: [FGF] power steering pump issues > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, January 2, 2010, 1:38 PM > > First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List > ......................................................................... > Hello everyone and happy new year, > I have just gotten my firebird up and running and I am > having trouble with the power steering. During the rebuild > I decided against replacing the steering box because it was > functioning properly prior to the restoration process. > However now the car has a grinding sound when it is > assisting when turning the wheel side to side. I have > replaced the pump and pressure lines and put in royal purple > steering fluid to no avail. I have attempted to "bleed" > the system by turning the wheel back and forth but still is > foaming in the reservoir. Any suggestions at this point > would be helpfull. Thanks in advance. Phil > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> > Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> > Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> > > Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> > Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> > Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> > Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> > > Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> > Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/>
