Aaron and I finally got his "DARTSTER" on the road this weekend for its maiden voyage. While we were tying up a few loose ends with misc. items, we needed to install the plastic splash shields at the back of the front fenders. To gain access I had him turn the wheels sharply to one side. The Dart has power steering and I had just topped off the fluid level to the "cold" mark before we took the car for a spin. When he cut the wheels to one side, a gusher of power steering fluid dumped out the fill neck.

Is that typical for over-filling (and the dipstick mark means nothing), or is it a symptom of something more serious? I looked down inside the pump and the fluid level was down below the cast-iron-looking curved surface that's below the bottom of the fill neck. I topped it off again, not wanting to run it with low fluid.

Any ideas?
Jerry

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If the steering system's been opened/drained or allowed to run low on fluid, you can get air in the system. The bleeding procedure is to start the engine and spin the wheel back and forth from full left lock to full right lock a few times. Sounds to me as if you accidentally did that!

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Sounds like it, huh?
We've been moving the car around a little while working on it, but haven't been concerned about the steering fluid level, until we needed to take it out on the road. When we were checking all the fluid levels, the steering was down quite a bit. I thought it was because there is a small leak in the back side of the gear box (where the column attaches). Glad to know there isn't anything to worry about.

Thanks, Dan.
Jerry

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There's a difference between ignorance and stupidity.
Ignorance is not knowing any better.
Stupidity is knowing, yet doing it anyway.