Hi, guys,
I've got another question today
So, last night I finally installed new Power Steering Pump. I must say it was much more pita to do than I thought it would be
anyhow, so after bleeding all the bubbles are gone and it drives fine and seems to sound fine while driving (that is that I don't hear noticable noise when sticking head out of window while driving and steering).
BUT!!!!! I still hear rather louder sound than I "expected" it would be (heheh... ) when the jeep is in park, engine is running, the hood is open and I steer (with wheels on the ground, that is). Another words, when the system is at its hardest "job" it's kinda' rather loud (or is it normal???).
So ... I gues my first question is : is this normal?

(before that, with my old pump I had terrible noise all the time..., so now it's almost perfect for me, except for when I steer in "park/full stop").

The other question is this. Is SuperTech Power Steering Fluid good for Jeeps? (I belive this one is from Walmart????).
The thing is that I had a bottle of it already as it "came" with my jeep from p.o. in the box with few other "extra items" and crap... So I assumed that it is an appropriate fluid.... grrrrrrrrrrr , should of double check first.
I am attaching photos of that fluid. As you see the description isn't helpful , to say the least

Haynes manual sais: "Jeep power steering fluid or equivalent" (what the hell does that mean ??? ...)

Also, I did not flash the system completely. Maybe I should of. What do you guys say or advise?
I am thinking now, maybe I should get different fluid, flash the entire system and see how it goes. (????)
Or am I being paranoid here ?????

thanks for any idea or advice

 

I use the Pyroil brand from Napa,works fine for me.

 

Thanks , man for the tip
I still wonder if the "guy" or the "gal", who wrote "Jeep power steering fluid"-line in the Haynes manual, knows what "Jeep power steering fluid" is.
I may stop by at local NAPA and see what their "advice" may be. From my experience, Guys there are pretty helpful, like 90% of the time, but sometimes they too don't really know what they are talking about ...heh heh ... and at the end guys like myself, who know no crap, are kinda screwed ...lol

 

your right on the "working it's hardest" part.

when your vehicle is sitting and you turn the wheels,this is the greatest resistance your system has to coup with. that pump and system has to really work, this is were you will get the most noise and shudder from. even moving at say 2mph, your system will have the motion of your vehicle to assist in steering, less effort all around.

so, ya it's normal.

take a turn around the block, lefts and rights and then re-check your fluid level, make sure all the air bubbles are out.

Jeep power steering fluid!? hhhmmm blended from a super secret ingredient formula i suppose. made only in outer space. [ i guess]

 

oh, cool! That what I was not sure about


I still was checking again and again today. If I look REALLY close with the flash light I could see a very few "micro-bubbles" on the surface of the fluid. So I was letting it sit few times with cap off after short drives/steering around.
I figured it really takes time to get all the air out of PS system.

I still may flash the entire fluid and replace it with new one, as now I have a mix with most "SuperTech" with some leftover of old stuff (could be original "Jeep power steering fluid"! ...heh heh ). The old fluid was not so bad, but kind of drak, and so now I have somewhat clearish-brownish mix. Not sure if it really needed to be done. I should of done it "right" at the first place, I guess....

 

OK, guys, as an update here.
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So today I went to closest to me Jeep'and'What"not dealership ...and purchased a pair of Qtrs od "magic" "Jeep fluid", (heh heh, I mean that must be IT!!! ), which was MOPAR MS 5931 or P/N 04883077. See attached photos, there's a bit of "description" on the back-lable too.
These were 10 bucks each (actually I was expecting worse ...huh).

Flashed the mix-stuff that I had in the system. Everything went OK and I am happy that I did it BUT!!!!! Well, everything works and steers nicely now BUT!!!! I still have audiable sound as I steer in full stop. Well, so I take it as a "normal" then ...or what else ????
On "positive" note now at least I know that I have clean gourmet fuid in there, so maybe it will be a good thing in a long run, ...I have to try to find something positive in the situation or I'll feel like just wasted load of time and twenty bloody bucks plus bloody tax

 

i used some crazy $ super synthetic and its ***** awesome. never boils over in the rocks.

 

I've made some photos as I was going through the flashing process. I am going to post some pics and few comments, just for fun of it and maybe someone find this "info" useful (sort of)

 

Hate to break it to ya but power steering fluid "is" power steering fluid. Sorry bud

 

Synthetic is a whole other world

 

Yeah, man, that's COOL!
This whole thing should not be that damn "complicated". I have no clue how I ended up this way. I was following Haynes ...LOL , I gues that's how.

 

OK, in a spirit of wasting time , here's how I did flash Power Steering fluid and replaced it with Power Steering Fluid
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Took front wheels off the ground. Placed large pan under to catch the unavoidable mess. I also removed air cleaner unit to have more space there to work around.

 

made up reservoir draining "device" using a used piece of fuel hose and I 've got a cut of garden hose to be used as extension for the return hose when flushing

 

disconnected return hose from the fitting and drained the reservoir.

 

here's what came out from the reservoir