power steering fluid boiling !!

[subie]

hi guys,

today while the engine up and runing, i pop the bonnet to check something and i saw the power steering fluid in the resevoir was boiling !! or could be bubbling ? but my steering wheel seem to be working ok, not heavy or anything. then, i switch off the engine and opened the resevoir cap. i can smelt burning smell fluid.

what was happening then? what wrong with it? the fluid need to be changed?

[bennjamin]

It can't boil it is leaking air bubbles , there is a leak in the system or the ps pump
might be rooted

[STTICH]

its just bubling. try touching the fluid can, it should b no where near boiling temp.

[subie]

It can't boil it is leaking air bubbles , there is a leak in the system or the ps pump
might be rooted
that's what i though, no way this fulid is boiling. how can i check if it leak or ps pump gone ?? by the way, if the ps pump gone, why the steering wheel still feel ok?


its just bubling. try touching the fluid can, it should b no where near boiling temp.
yep, i touched it. it bloody hot but don't thing it boiling hot

Cheers

[migoreng]

mine has been doing the same thing since i got my car.
it's not boiling. it's just slushing around for some reason...

[saikou27]

mine does this too, but only after the engine seems to warm up