nickwrx

I've got a wrx 95 ra , started the car from cold pulled away but then had to reverse back , full lock one way then full lock the other way , then nothing the steering went really heavy .
Looked under the car there are no leaks and have'nt noticed any leaks on the garage floor, and the level is correct.

Anyone got any ideas what it could be ? i have a guess it could be the pump or and air lock .
Anyone else had this happen to them ?

please help

thanks
nick.

scoobyslut

check the drive belt,might be a simple case of slipping belt, other than that, only other possible thing may be one of the pressure releif valves might of stuck open. You could try adding a "power steering treatment" to the resovoir, most of the car shops sell them, I put "Forte" treatments in mine, every so often and have no problems. may be the cheaper end to start with before suspecting replacement pump etc.

nickwrx

Thanks scoobyslut (cool user name) i will give that a go first .
Is it worth flushing out the system ? and does anyone know how to flush the system ?

Thanks
nick.