[MBZ] Need help with Power Steering Issues

[John Berryman]

On Jun 10, 2006, at 6:52 AM, Wakin's wrote:

> Do I have the right hose, and should fluid be coming out? If fluid is
> supposed to come out, anyone have any ideas why mine doesn't?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Dave Wakin

	From your description, it seems you have the correct hose. It does  
come directly from steering gear-box doesn't it?  It's odd that no  
fluid finds its way to the return. If little or no fluid gets pumped,  
little or nothing can come out. perhaps the filter is plugged and  
fluid thick. I've come across several MBs with "stiff" steering where  
the cure was a fluid and filter change.
	I generally opt for the dilution method of change ie; draw fluid  
out, remove filter and leave it out, add fluid, run/drive for a  
little while, draw fluid out etc until your satisfied that it has all  
clean fluid then install filter, top-off and go. I repeat the process  
4-5 times using Amsoil synthetic trans fluid (can't find M-1 ATF  
around here).
	Another thought is that the return line is swollen internally due to  
improper fluid or additives, causing a restriction. I use a large  
hypodermic syringe and found the rubber on the plunger swollen weeks  
after I used it to change my friends PS fluid (which was acting up)  
in a 1986 420SEL .

Johnny B.
I Mac Therefore I am