2nd Gen Non-Engine/Transmission little bro in the Navy/ needs help w/ ps/pb

[cluckmaster]

Hey guys. My little bro is up in New Hampshire working on a Nuke reactor on a sub w/ the Navy. He's got a stock 99 3500 w/ about 100k on the clock. He is having some trouble with his power steering/brakes and I'm trying to get some info for him.



When he starts the thing up in the morning, he has no power steering or brakes. After the truck warms up, he gets the ps/pb back, but it whines really bad. If he opens up and checks the fluid in the ps reservoir, it has a bunch of foam/bubbles in it and will foam out of the top. Are the suction lines on the system prone to cracking and causing air leaks that would cause this? Any other ideas?



So far, he drained the system and put in new fluid. He DID accidentally fill it back w/ brake fluid, but drained it immediately and flushed the system twice.

Also, there was a line down low on the system that was weeping oil where the rubber line connected to metal line, and he pushed the line on farther and added a clamp which took care of the weeping.

Thanks. -Josh

 

[HookMeUp]

Have him try some valvoline syntec power steering fluid. Otherwise he may have power steering pump going bad, that's what happened to me.

 

[cluckmaster]

PMcBride- Did yours have the same symptoms when the pump went out?



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[Cummins724]

The syntec fluid is good & has been known to cure power steering problems like this in the past, but it will not cure a bad pump if it has burnt itself down. Is he leaking fluid when he is driving... any wet spots? Most common is the seal between the vac/ps pump. It is probably a bad pump, but I agree to try some synthetic fluid before replacing the pump..... they aren't cheap.