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Power Steering problem 89 5.0

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My 89 5.0 LX has developed a problem this year. Once the car is warmed up, the power steering pretty much stops working at very low speeds.

It feels fine when I start the car and pull it out of the garage, and I don't notice anything wrong when I'm driving around town or on the highway. But once I try to park the car, it's like I don't have any power steering boost. Any suggestions on what might be causing the problem? The car has 74k original miles, and yes, I did check to make sure the ps fluid is full. I've never had to top it off since I bought the car. The pump doesn't make any unusual noises either...

Thanks in advance!

Sam in Denver
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The likelyhood is that the PS pump is dying a slow death. Not hard to replace, the only difficult part is getting the old pulley pressed off. Most auto parts stores will rent/loan a puller to remove the pulley.
 
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sounds like ur having the same problems i had for a while. mine would not wrok at idle but if i revved up some it would work a little. i kept driving it and finally it just locked up on me, i thought the engine blew cause it wouldnt start for nothin. but it was my ps pump. i just bought another ps pump and pulley(cause other pulley wouldnt work after i took it off). if u have to get another pulley, that will be the most expensive part at 60 bucks from a ford dealer.

oh and have fun bleeding the ps pump system(take forever)
 

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blake89stang said:
oh and have fun bleeding the ps pump system(take forever)
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I diddnt do that when i changed my rack. Long story short i blew the metal hose on the rack to sh1t
 
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