loud noise loss of power steering

Asked by tigersden Apr 17, 2014 at 09:33 PM about the 2005 Dodge Caravan C/V Cargo FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Started up and the noise was so loud it also loss my power steer.driving him it stopped
then upon start up it does it again.I cked all fluids plenty of power steering fluid. Upon
cking my oil it looks like there not a drop in it but there's no sign of it on ground that its
leaked out. Would no oil do this as well ? I may b a woman but I no how to maintain my
fluids lol. This noise is crazy loud its making a chirpping now when I start it then the loud
noise. I get back the steering when the noise quites

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It sounds like your power steering pump has died. Or It maybe time for a replacement P\S hose. I hope it's not the P/S rack.

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You have a clogged filter in the power steering reservoir,, or bad pump, or air in the lines, of these the clogged filter (it’s a fine screen) in the reservoir is very common. The filter isn’t;replaceable, but the reservoir is inexpensive enough that there isn’t any enthusiasm for cleaning the thing. It isn’t difficult to remove, I expect that it’s not very hard to plug the hose barbs with some trimmed corks or cap them plastic wrap and rubber elastic and fill the thing with acetone put on the cap and shake it and then drain it from its inlet fitting, and repeat until clean. I say ‘expect’ because like everyone else I just swap it out when I can’t remember when the last time I swapped it out was. If you fill it up and idle the car turn the wheel *slowly* from lock to lock 4 times to purge air from the steering rack. If you find a puddle on the ground, or if that doesn’t solve your steering problems then it’s a hose or the pump. Change the hoses while changing the pump. If that doesn’t solve the problem, the only part of the system left to change is the steering rack. Save that for last, it takes much more labor time and a front end alignment afterward.

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