Style

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1995 wrx import saloon

on cold start up my power steering pump whines a bit. and today, for about 10 secs, it hardly worked, or worked on and off briefly guessing its on its way out.

but after a minute of driving it goes away and works fine.

is it common? or is it on its last legs?

so if i wanted to get a new one do i have to get another one with the round cylinder type reservoir, or will later (not so leaky) types fit?

myblackwrx

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Checked the fluid level?

Style

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yea good call! will top up tonight, it was leaking slightly aswell, (as you may have guessed) ta

The Rig

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also the make of fluid makes a difference.

i used castrol summut or other and it whined like a biatch,changed the pump twice ha ha cause i thought power steering fluid was just that, but then i thought,summut aint right after the 2nd one and got some halfords own brand dextron 3 and it was fine.

so before u go mad and get the pump,try 1 or 2 types of fluid if it still whines after the top up,drain it down and total re-fill etc

and as long as its the same model so 95/96/97/98/99 the pumps the same on the impreza and the legacy,its only the fluid tank thats different.

good luck

jasonius

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Is the fluid supposed to be changed, if so when, as my service book doesn't mention it..?

The Rig

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check the colour of it, if its brown etc, change it as it should be like auto fluid,nice n red.

it does get contamiated etc,depends on the mileage, around 40k is a good time to change it then again at 80k etc,just keeps the seals in good order too

jasonius

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how easy is it to do..?

iirc you have to disconnect a hose from the rack, then refilling seems a bit of a PITA, having to keep turning wheel to bleed out air..?