I Need Help Putting Power Steering Fluid In Twice A Day

[cheva01]

im putting in p/s fluid twice a day and now there is a lot of white smoke coming out of the tailpipe. i know its going to be expensive to fix so i want to know what it is when i bring it to my mechanic. so far i have heard it could be the ps valve assembley pressure switch. my mechanic thinks it the steering rack does that sound right? i know nothing about this stuff and do not want to get taken to the cleaners on this repair.

[TigerFish]

Maybe this thread will help Clicky

[SteveLS400]

Maybe this thread will help Clicky

Thats the 1st time Ive even heard of that so thanks for the post.

Of course, its now set me thinking "do I have the problem"? I top up the p/s fluid once a month due to the dreaded leak but this time of year clouds of white smoke are fairly normal. Or so I thought.

[steve2006]

The valve is like an appendix, OK while it works but a pain in the side when it goes wrong.

As James Robertson Justice used to say in Doctor in the House

"Take it out man!"

[cheva01]

Maybe this thread will help Clicky

tigerfish, thanks i printed out the info off the site you recommended i have a 1pm appointment with my mechanic today feels good to go in there armed with some good info.

[Manc]

Maybe this thread will help Clicky

Thats the 1st time Ive even heard of that so thanks for the post.

Of course, its now set me thinking "do I have the problem"? I top up the p/s fluid once a month due to the dreaded leak but this time of year clouds of white smoke are fairly normal. Or so I thought.

i was always under the impression that white smoke meant water in the system somewhere it shouldnt be and was also told thick white smoke was a disaster and stop the car right then, and dark smoke meant oil somewhere it shouldnt be burning.

You need to think how cold the day and the engine are when looking at white 'smoke'.

Smoke is thicker than the big exhaust clouds that the LS trickles out and white smoke is serious trouble with the engine head gasket.

Fix the leak yer lazy so & so - its costs a fiver and it takes an hour if you dont have a brew. Get the engine bay steam cleaned so you can trace the leak. It comes from either underneath the reservoir which is the o-ring replacement job (£2+ postage), or like mine it was leaking from the cooler pipe (open bonnet look down at bottom of fan, see fig.of8 steel pipe - this leaked as a clip had fell off over the years and i was lucky it was just a fiver from the scrapyard :winky: just over £100 at dealers i think

So i fixed 2 leaks on p/s for around £8.

Cheers for any advice people