Quick grand caravan question

[diymirage]

Long story short, I got roped Into selling my brother in laws 2010 grand caravan

It has an issue though, turning left it feels like there is no power steering and there is a slight hissing sound under the hood

Turning right, there is no hiss and it turns smoothly, with the power steering clearly working

Any idea what the issue might be ?

 

[missing linc]

Steering rack.

 

[George Jets]

Long story short, I got roped Into selling my brother in laws 2010 grand caravan

It has an issue though, turning left it feels like there is no power steering and there is a slight hissing sound under the hood

Turning right, there is no hiss and it turns smoothly, with the power steering clearly working

Any idea what the issue might be ?

Power Steering fluid gets gummed up on those. Use this product to cut the gum, flush system out, then replace with new fluid.

The ps reservoirs can be a plugged up problem too, clean them out or replace them.

Going lock to lock hits the bypass valve, can help in flushing it....


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[diymirage]

Power Steering fluid gets gummed up on those. Use this product to cut the gum, flush system out, then replace with new fluid.

The ps reservoirs can be a plugged up problem too, clean them out or replace them.

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Going lock to lock hits the bypass valve, can help in flushing it....


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is there more then one power steering reservoir ?

 

[Professor Fate]

All good answers, but if flushing the system is not effective you could have a bad spool valve- generally you just replace the rack, but in some instances you can just do the spool valve (aka rotary valve) and save a few bucks.

 

[diymirage]

All good answers, but if flushing the system is not effective you could have a bad spool valve- generally you just replace the rack, but in some instances you can just do the spool valve (aka rotary valve) and save a few bucks.

thanks, i am already deeper into this thing then i wanted to be, so right now, my plan is trying to figure out what the issue is, get a quote and knock that off of the sales price so whoever buys it know what they are getting into