PS pump - second look

[Kneale Brownson]

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According to the information included in the posting about the seal around
the shaft needing to be changed with the rest of the seals, it's the
sucking of air that causes the frothing in the reservoir.  I would assume
that if you had a low oil circumstance and the frothing, you might be
running out of oil to cool/lubricate the insides of the pump otherwise.

Additionally, leaking out at the pulley surely could cause the belt to
slip, which, of course,  would mean a lack of boost.

Your burnt rubber smell could be the oil hitting hot engine parts or it
could be from the belt slipping.


At 08:03 AM 01/02/2002 -0700, Iain Mannix wrote:

>Serves me right for doing a quickie fix.  Will this seal's leaking
>cause the pump to stop working?  IE, if the front seal/shaft seal
>is blown, will the "power" part of the steering go away?
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>Thanks!
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>Iain
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>On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Kneale Brownson wrote:
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> > We recently were informed here that if the seal for the shaft is not
> > replaced as part of a reseal process, that seal could begin sucking
> > air.  If it leaks past that seal, for certain it could  be sucking air.
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