Slightly Urgent Power Steering Question

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Apr 14, 2016 | 01:40 PM

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wayland

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Originally Posted by rod_f

Started the car up today and noticed a hollow whine today that rises and falls with the engine and a groaning/shudder from the steering.
I looked into the fluid reservoir and it looks like this:

Steering Pump Fluid Reservoir

Am I right in assuming it should be full to the top ?

Mine looked like this and it was a bit lumpy to steer. It uses normal steering fluid. I used some which said it had 'conditioner' in it. I topped it up so that plastic thing in the middle was covered. It works a lot better now. I get no oil drips under my 97 XJ-Sport.

Apr 14, 2016 | 04:56 PM

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rod_f

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Eventually I got my local (seriously it's less than 2 miles away) Independent Jaguar Mechanic to fit the recon rack.
Steering cured and interestingly tram-lining as well - had diminished with better tyres but this improved it a fair bit further.

Last edited by rod_f; Apr 14, 2016 at 05:06 PM.