Hey guys, to begin my story, my power steering was leaking.
So after searching this forum I found that a busted O-ring might cause the pressure hose to leak. I went to the dealer and got me 2 new O-rings in the hope that I wouldn't have to buy a new hose.
Well I took the serpentine belt off and started unscrewing the hose to check the O-ring. When I started unscrewing it, the metal nut was moving with the hose itself and needless to say it busted the metal part that holds the bolt.
Off to the store I went to buy a new hose.
Once I unscrewed the old hose, a plastic piece that was piston shaped with a little filter on one side fell out. I didn't think much of it so i jammed it all the way back in there.
Now when I try to screw in my new hose it just sinks all the way in there like the thread in the pump is way bigger than what the hose end is.
That is not it, when I was looking to see if anything else fell out I found a spring. So I am pretty sure that spring goes on the piston that fell out and I put piston with the wide portion down. And now I cannot take it out. :favorites68:
Am I missing a part? Why would my new hose sink in and not catch a thread?
And the biggest question is how do I take that plastic piston out and put a spring on it and put it back? Can I connect everything and start an engine? Will the pressure push the piston out? And I guess how does the piston and spring go back in the right way?
I hope i don't have to buy a new freaking pump.
Please help me out.
P.S. I think I found out why the new hose sunk in there without catching a thread:
The thing was stuck to the old hose, now i have to get it unscrewed and somehow bang that piston out!!!
So after searching this forum I found that a busted O-ring might cause the pressure hose to leak. I went to the dealer and got me 2 new O-rings in the hope that I wouldn't have to buy a new hose.
Well I took the serpentine belt off and started unscrewing the hose to check the O-ring. When I started unscrewing it, the metal nut was moving with the hose itself and needless to say it busted the metal part that holds the bolt.
Off to the store I went to buy a new hose.
Once I unscrewed the old hose, a plastic piece that was piston shaped with a little filter on one side fell out. I didn't think much of it so i jammed it all the way back in there.
Now when I try to screw in my new hose it just sinks all the way in there like the thread in the pump is way bigger than what the hose end is.
That is not it, when I was looking to see if anything else fell out I found a spring. So I am pretty sure that spring goes on the piston that fell out and I put piston with the wide portion down. And now I cannot take it out. :favorites68:
Am I missing a part? Why would my new hose sink in and not catch a thread?
And the biggest question is how do I take that plastic piston out and put a spring on it and put it back? Can I connect everything and start an engine? Will the pressure push the piston out? And I guess how does the piston and spring go back in the right way?
I hope i don't have to buy a new freaking pump.
Please help me out.
P.S. I think I found out why the new hose sunk in there without catching a thread:
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The thing was stuck to the old hose, now i have to get it unscrewed and somehow bang that piston out!!!
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