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Originally Posted by CamaroCracka
I'd love to see a procedure on flushing power steering. I drained the pump, removed the hoses and flush them out, turned the wheel a bazillion times, filled it and turned the wheel a bazillion more times and the brand new OEM pump is weak at idle.
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Tbh, I had the same issue, but I think you kind of just have to constantly steer lock to lock with the front end off of the ground, before getting it onto the ground to start steering lock to lock. I know for sure that if I haven't bled the system enough with the car off, when I go to turn on the engine, if the wheels are up, the steering will basically have a seizure. LOL
Other than what you explained, I didn't remove the hoses all the way, just the return line. I just leave the stock line on and maneuver it through by the alternator. The hose doesn't move enough, even with the mounting bolt/bracket removed, so you kind of have to just have the front end in the air and figure out where the fluid vomits itself out of the return line facing the ground.
I did notice most of the aftermarket PS pumps having some kind of noise, whether the pump seemed to be bled to no end or not. Even the Cardone and some Reman pumps had some constant whining when turning or just with the engine on. I had a handful of aftermarket pumps that worked perfectly, except acted and sounded just like a supercharger past 3k RPM's. I'm guessing there's just air that's somehow stuck and can't be bled out on those. Other than that, I didn't have any particular issues with aftermarket pumps; they were just annoyingly noisy.