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Old 06-25-2010 | 02:07 AM
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power steering issue

just wondering some possible causes for power steering issues.
Drove my Car Home Ran Fine no lights, went to leave about an hour later and my light went on, lost my power steering.
after turning on and off the car 3 times still was on, so i drove for about 2 miles turned it off and jumped it, power steering worked no light...light went on next time i stopped. restarted car everythings normal..been 2 days and the light hasnt gone back on..
any ideas??
Old 06-25-2010 | 02:11 AM
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OMG... really? This has been discussed numerous times already!
Try this... click on 'SEARCH' at the top and type in 'Power Steering Failure'
Then look for thread titles that pertains to what you're looking for.
You can then try other keywords like 'Power Steering Loss' or just 'Power Steering'.
Then when you get good at that... try the 'Advance Search' to narrow it down to a particular section.
Old 06-25-2010 | 02:12 AM
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sound like your connection is dirty...right under the airbox are your PS connectors, pull em apart, clean em with some electronic cleaner (keyboard duster) and dab some dielectric grease on both the male/female parts and plug back in...the problem SHOULDN'T come back
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thanks for the advice..my bad i just started usin da site.
Old 06-25-2010 | 05:43 AM
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Originally Posted by kdoiron08
my bad i just started usin da site.
No problem.
Respect the fact that you had "tough skin" to handle light criticism... shows me you'll do fine on this site.

Best thread you can read through to learn all about this problem is:
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...+steering+loss
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