It is the middle of the winter, and my steering wheel has become very stiff and will not turn with ease. I am curious if this is something I can fix on my own or if I need a new part of some sort. There is steering fluid in the tank, however, it smells like it is burning, possibly from overworking due to an issue.
This could get messy but I would start by removing the low pressure hose from the power steering pump (simple hose clamp) and attaching another hose to that so you can run it to a bucket then turn engine on and as its pouring out into bucket fill the reserve with new fluid shutting the engine off as it starts getting clear. Likely someone put the wrong type of fluid in there and contamination in the fluid or water condensation has frozen up in the lines so get the old stuff out and thats the easiest way withoiut making too much of a mess.
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power steering belt broken or fell off, or the pump is out of oil. The pump is down on the right hand side (passenger) between the fire wall and the engine. You should be able to see if the belt is still on. Check the resevoir for oil. It is on the same side. It's a little plastic pot with a dipstick. Let me know how you make out.
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It very possible that the new power steering pump is defective. I would take it back for a possible warranty issue.
I'm confused about the part where the water pump damaged the power steering pump. The power steering pump doesn't require any cooling from the water pump. The power steering pump only needs the belt to run it properly.
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change the powersteering pump. It sounds like it is burnt out.
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No fuse, sorry. You likely have a bad pump. To test the pump, if you can squeeze the return line to the pump when the engine is running, the pump should wine.
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