bleeding power steering
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bleeding power steering
Bleed p/s the FORD way and it works every time!!!
1- Hook everything up
2- Fill with fluid
3- Jack up front of truck off of ground (Both front wheels)
4- Disconnect or Disable coil (So Truck CANNOT start)
5- Turn Steering wheel lock to lock about 5 to 10 times
6- Top off Fluid
7- Repeat Step 5
8- Repeat Step 6 (top off fluid)
9- Crank engine over (Ignition Disabled) and turn steering lock to lock 5 to 10 times
10- Repeat Step 6 (top off fluid)
11- Repeat Step 9 (crank eng over)
12- Repeat Step 6 (top off fluid)
13- Enable Ignition
14- Start Truck and turn Lock to Lock 5-10 times
15- Turn off Truck
16- Repeat Step 6 (top off fluid)
17- Repeat Step 14 (start truck)
18- Repeat Step 15 (turn off truck)
19- Repeat Step 6 (top off fluid)
20- Let Truck Down off of Jacks or jack Stands
21- Repeat Step 14
I'm in the process of bleeding my PS and am using the above directions posted by another user yrs ago. Everything was going great until step 14, where turn on the truck and crank the wheel lock to lock. PS fluid started foaming and coming out of the cap. I'm assuming that the fluid level dropped below and started sucking in air, whipping it into a froth. I guess I'm starting the process over again. My question is, how long do I need to wait until the fluid is no longer aerated?
1- Hook everything up
2- Fill with fluid
3- Jack up front of truck off of ground (Both front wheels)
4- Disconnect or Disable coil (So Truck CANNOT start)
5- Turn Steering wheel lock to lock about 5 to 10 times
6- Top off Fluid
7- Repeat Step 5
8- Repeat Step 6 (top off fluid)
9- Crank engine over (Ignition Disabled) and turn steering lock to lock 5 to 10 times
10- Repeat Step 6 (top off fluid)
11- Repeat Step 9 (crank eng over)
12- Repeat Step 6 (top off fluid)
13- Enable Ignition
14- Start Truck and turn Lock to Lock 5-10 times
15- Turn off Truck
16- Repeat Step 6 (top off fluid)
17- Repeat Step 14 (start truck)
18- Repeat Step 15 (turn off truck)
19- Repeat Step 6 (top off fluid)
20- Let Truck Down off of Jacks or jack Stands
21- Repeat Step 14
I'm in the process of bleeding my PS and am using the above directions posted by another user yrs ago. Everything was going great until step 14, where turn on the truck and crank the wheel lock to lock. PS fluid started foaming and coming out of the cap. I'm assuming that the fluid level dropped below and started sucking in air, whipping it into a froth. I guess I'm starting the process over again. My question is, how long do I need to wait until the fluid is no longer aerated?
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I hope I did not copy and past this wrong. Yes you some how possibly missed a (top off fluid ) step or did not get it topped off enough. And yes it sounds like the fluid lever got low and the pump sucked air and the bubbles/froth are the outcome. I would let is set over night and it might settle down.
Doing a ps pump bleed always better to try and have one starting the truck and standing by to shut it off. And one watching the pump fluid level and adding ps fluid on the go. That exact way works for me, and having a clip on trigger eng turn over switch is awesome.
If you are working alone, you can do the disabled ign eng turn over and top off more than once. Left and right turns X's bunch and then top and turn over and top off....a bunch of times.
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Doing a ps pump bleed always better to try and have one starting the truck and standing by to shut it off. And one watching the pump fluid level and adding ps fluid on the go. That exact way works for me, and having a clip on trigger eng turn over switch is awesome.
If you are working alone, you can do the disabled ign eng turn over and top off more than once. Left and right turns X's bunch and then top and turn over and top off....a bunch of times.
https://www.google.com/search?q=engi...shop=apv&pvs=0
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All I've ever done was fill it up, start the engine and let it idle, add more fluid, turn the steering wheel lock to lock, check fluid level and go drive the truck and check the fluid the following morning.
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1979 F150 4x4
Topped off the fluid after every step. I do have a remote engine starter...great idea. I did disconnect the wire to the distributor to bump the engine a few times. I've also tried adding PS fluid in the past with the engine running w/ comical results. The fan blew all the oil rearward. I'll need to create a windbreak if I do this again on my own.
I hope I did not copy and past this wrong. Yes you some how possibly missed a (top off fluid ) step or did not get it topped off enough. And yes it sounds like the fluid lever got low and the pump sucked air and the bubbles/froth are the outcome. I would let is set over night and it might settle down.
If you are working alone, you can do the disabled ign eng turn over and top off more than once. Left and right turns X's bunch and then top and turn over and top off....a bunch of times.
If you are working alone, you can do the disabled ign eng turn over and top off more than once. Left and right turns X's bunch and then top and turn over and top off....a bunch of times.
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Get a bottle cap/tip that's like 80/90 fluid.
Put that on the power steering bottle and then stick a 3/8 piece of vacuum hose on it to get it in the fill neck.
Put that on the power steering bottle and then stick a 3/8 piece of vacuum hose on it to get it in the fill neck.
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update:
I think I got everything bled. Noticed that the fluid level would drop if the wheel was turned all the way to one side when I would bump the starter. Would wait for all the bubbles to surface, then top off w/ fluid, then bump starter again. I did this over and over again lock to lock several times. Then finally hooked up the ignition wire and started the truck while watching the fluid level from outside the cab w/ one arm reaching through the window to turn the wheel. I'm pretty sure all the air is now bled out.
It's the small victories...
I think I got everything bled. Noticed that the fluid level would drop if the wheel was turned all the way to one side when I would bump the starter. Would wait for all the bubbles to surface, then top off w/ fluid, then bump starter again. I did this over and over again lock to lock several times. Then finally hooked up the ignition wire and started the truck while watching the fluid level from outside the cab w/ one arm reaching through the window to turn the wheel. I'm pretty sure all the air is now bled out.
It's the small victories...
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yes, wheels were off the ground for the initial bleed. Then finally put the truck on the ground and cont turning lock to lock to ensure that the fluid didn't get below the pump reservoir.
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