Bleeding Power Steering...

[Sean]

I cannot find the link that I had once seen that took me to a page that explained in great detail how to bleed the power steering fluid.

I basically want to bleed it, and put on some new clamps and stop the damn leak, it bugs me if my car leaks anything.

Anyone know what pages I'm talkin about? I searched R3v and couldn't find them anywhere.

There's this one: http://www.bmwe30.net/cgi-bin/datacg...088&Section=05

But, I remember seeing an even more detailed article.

Thanks!

[Spaz]

to bleed power steering you mkae sure the resivour is full, ahveinbg the car running at idle crank the wheel lock to lock, about 4 times, shut off the car, re check the fluid. restart the car, and crank the wheel to one lock and shut off the car and let it sit for a while 15mins, and your done.

[Sean]

to bleed power steering you mkae sure the resivour is full, ahveinbg the car running at idle crank the wheel lock to lock, about 4 times, shut off the car, re check the fluid. restart the car, and crank the wheel to one lock and shut off the car and let it sit for a while 15mins, and your done.

So, what happens if the car currently has no exhaust installed??

Thanks Cam!

[elemental]

Might need earplugs.. and dont bake a valve

[Garageaholic]

What do you mean by "bake a valve".. how will having an exhaust system do somethign like that to a valve?

[azzkikr]

Bake a valve means that the car is running too hot and the valve bends and forms into the valve seat on the head. The reason for this is the exhaust causes a fair amount of resistance to the flow of gases out of the engine. When you dont have exhaust on the car the gases can escape very easily. The problem is the engine become "too" efficient and there is not any residual gases left in the cylindar. Then when the cylindar pulls in fresh fuel injected air it actually pulls in more air than it was expecting. It results in the engine running lean. More oxygen means the fuel burns quicker in the cylinder. Quicker means more instantaneous energy release which generates greater levels of heat. That heat is what ends up burning a valve. You still get the same amount of force from the burn but you get it in a much quicker time period.
Its like when you fall from a high distance you want to "slow" your fall by bending your knees as you hit. If you dont "slow" your fall you take all the force instantaneously and end up breaking things like legs. In both cases you are absorbing the same amount of energy but the slower you do it the less likely it is to break something.
Too much to write but you get the idea I hope. Otherwise google "backpressure lean" and I am sure you will get a ton of resources on this

[Simon S]

^ best answer ever



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[Sean]

You guys realized that this was a year old, right??

lol

Damn good response though!