power steering not coming out of return

Asked by Guru91XN9G Feb 24, 2022 at 02:24 PM about the 2015 Nissan Altima 2.5 S

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

why is my power steering pushing back to the reservoir to where it almost
blows the cap off and it over heats. i have no power steering

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Gene answered 2 years ago

Steering racks internal valves are stuck, only to fix it is to replace the rack itself, and get a long rack not a short rack, hopefully the pump isn’t damaged due to the back pressure. Make sure you flush the pump really good before putting in the new rack assembly.

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Guru91XN9G answered 2 years ago

thank you for your answer it was very helpful . I was thinking the rack was damaged ; but i wasnt sure how and to what degree but what you said makes sense. So once again thank you

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