Hey guys....I was having trouble steering when my car was parked, or coming in and out of a spot, and especially when I first started the car. So I checked the PS fluid level and it was low. I bought some new fluid and added it, thinking this was the prob. I was getting on an onramp, and my steering LOCKED mid turn, as in, I couldnt turn it any further. I almost went off the road, because the onramp curved more, and I couldnt turn the wheel enough. I have to fix this! What's happening???

so its not just your powersteering? its like when you park it and the wheels locks right?

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Well, it doesn't "lock, but I'll get a quarter turn and hit an imaginary wall...then spin it back the other way, and once i roll a little, it gets easier...but that onramp scared the crap out of me. Basically, I was turned at 1 o'clock, and tried to turn it further to say 2 oclock, but the wheel wouldnt turn any further...

is the belt still on there? Is it just really hard to turn or does it not turn at all?

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kinda sounds like your rack and pinion is going bad..although i really havent heard of many of those going bad on our cars...How many miles you got on your car? If you are low on PS fluid, then you have a leak somewhere, as the PS doesnt "use" fluid. Try and find the leak.

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Ehh...I've got 144 on the car, but my engine was just changed...I have a feeling they just didn't put enough in it. I dunno. But no, the belt is still on there, and for the rest of my drive (after the onramp scare) was fine, hard sharp turns etc...so I dunno. Just don't want this to happen again, y'know? Any chance I overfilled, would this cause this?

Your rack and pinion is probably going. That's what mine did before it gave up the ghost. Just keep in mind, you CAN still turn - you're just turning without power steering.

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How can I be sure? And if it is rack n' pinion, how much to change it? Parts, etc? Should I go manual rack? is that possible?

By the way...i can still drive my car...right??

So strange. Just went out for a drive, and for the most part, unless I'm stopped or very slow, I don't notice anything. But here's a big thing-when I'm parked, I can turn my wheel almost a full turn, but then it starts violently shaking, most importantly trying to push back in the opposite direction, and as I push it harder, it pushes back harder. same thing in the other direction, it jerks back towards center as I make it almost all the way around.

WHAT is going on???

power steering pump going out?........do we even have a pump?.....its 5am so give me a break.....hell i have steering probs of my own.....i cant hit bumps in the road without the car jumping all over the road....also when i go over railroad tracks and not hold the wheel it bounces all over the place but it might just do that......my shocks are shot so that might be a factor in my troubles but we will see soon...blues on the way.....

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>power steering pump going out?........

What does everyone think of this? Could be...it's a different power steering pump, a junker if I'm correct, so maybe that's the prob.

Any one of you guys have one lying around? Before I put it on, I want to polish it. Somebody let me know where to go for something like that. Thanks!