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Originally Posted by cbudgo
Hi All, I searched for a bit but, no luck.
at 215k miles should I expect to replace the PW pump? It may be something else but it was just serviced. Oil Change, lube and I assume a look at belts, etc. But I topped up the fluid and it still feels real heavy as in, almost gone. No leaks. and it gets a bit better after its warmed up a bit. But even lane changes on the highway require more effort and thought than usual. I'm planning to trade it in 2 months around May 1st or so. I thought I could just tough it out but i'm not sure.
I dont think it would hurt my trade in value that's going to be crap anyhow. Oh FYI, super clean and perfectly maintained except for this.
Thanks
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There's one thing you can check and do a little experiment to see if it could be causing your issue, inbetween where your steering shaft comes out of the firewall and the rack and pinion there's a intermediate steering shaft that has a universal joint in it and being that you are up in the snow/rust belt that universal joint many times will get completely rusted to a point that it will start to and or seize up causing the steering to get very stiff and or bind, once you find the universal joint spray it very heavily with a good penetrating oil spray, don't use WD40 which is not a penetrating oil, once you spray it well work the steering wheel full revolutions back and forth and spray the joint again, if the steering improves greatly then you most likely found the issue and the intermediate shaft needs to be replace, this is a very common issue on these 4th Gens after many, many miles living in the rust belt.
The penetrating oil if it temporarily makes it better and is not a fix because the universal joint is shot but it should tell you if that is the issue.