dbsoundman
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- Joined
- Mar 6, 2022
- Location
- Toledo, OH
Hi all, I have a new to me very cheap '89 240GL that I'm getting to know. Among other problems, it has some noticeable play in the steering wheel itself, which doesn't really present a problem when driving in town, but driving home on the interstate at 70 MPH on a windy day I noticed it was difficult to make little corrections in my trajectory. For example, driving down the interstate, little gust of wind blows me to the right, I turn the wheel to the left, but by the time it catches, it's as if I over corrected a bit, so I have to steer back to the right again, overcorrected again, the process goes back and forth a couple times before I get back on track.
I haven't had time to jack up the front end yet but the shocks look pretty new, and at least one of the tie rods is new (the other *looks* original, or at least older). Power steering reservoir was empty when I got the car, I filled it up and it looks like fluid came out the top of the reservoir on the way home (guess I overfilled it?), and the pump definitely leaks too (same spot that every 240 seems to leak for some reason, right where the hose comes into the pump from the reservoir).
Am I due for a steering rack rebuild or is there something else I should look into? I don't yet know what a "good" 240 feels like so I'm kind of trying to understand what's actually going on here.
I haven't had time to jack up the front end yet but the shocks look pretty new, and at least one of the tie rods is new (the other *looks* original, or at least older). Power steering reservoir was empty when I got the car, I filled it up and it looks like fluid came out the top of the reservoir on the way home (guess I overfilled it?), and the pump definitely leaks too (same spot that every 240 seems to leak for some reason, right where the hose comes into the pump from the reservoir).
Am I due for a steering rack rebuild or is there something else I should look into? I don't yet know what a "good" 240 feels like so I'm kind of trying to understand what's actually going on here.