jimjamyaha Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Hi, Replaced my power steering reservoir and flushed/replaced fluid to try and quiet a slightly whiny pump... Otherwise it was fine. Was assured by multiple dealers that the part I needed had a filter in. Fitted replacement and even after a few days and correct bleeding proceedures had a super noisy pedestrian-jumping pump!!! Steering was also a bit heavier esp on roundabouts (it was fine before). Just looked closer at original reservoir removed... No filter! Cleaned it up and refitted, bled system etc. now back to normal levels of noise. Anyone able to see if their 2006-2010 2l Petrol SMax has a filter in the power steering reservoir or not? (Pics attached of one with). Many thanks, James. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantt Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 err, the filter is still in, the red piece. the idea is you flush the old oil out with some new, replace the failed component, fit new reservior refill with new fliud , run engine for a while(3mins). the filter in the new reservoir collects any bits of debris . then you pull the red filter out . this then allows the fluid to flow freely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantt Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 there is a fine mesh filter also inside that blocks up. thats why you have to change reservoir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjamyaha Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 44 minutes ago, iantt said: err, the filter is still in, the red piece. the idea is you flush the old oil out with some new, replace the failed component, fit new reservior refill with new fliud , run engine for a while(3mins). the filter in the new reservoir collects any bits of debris . then you pull the red filter out . this then allows the fluid to flow freely. Hi, sorry if I've not made it clear, but the one I replaced *didn't* have a filter in. The replacement did and caused massive noises and intermittent failure... As far as I'd been told the filter was to stay in... This is what normally clogged up on older ones and why it needed to be replaced? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjamyaha Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 42 minutes ago, iantt said: there is a fine mesh filter also inside that blocks up. thats why you have to change reservoir. Ah, have i misunderstood that there is both the filter (orange) *and* and a fine mesh (somewhere else). Thought these were one and the same - but very happy to be corrected 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantt Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Yeh, pull the orange one out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjamyaha Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 7 minutes ago, iantt said: Yeh, pull the orange one out Gotcha. Thanks! New knowledge stored! 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabgav Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 sorry to bump an old post but... can you advise on which fluid you put in? googling is returning about 10 different types for the smax cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christy Krohne Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 On 4/2/2018 at 8:54 PM, jimjamyaha said: Hi, Replaced my power steering reservoir and flushed/replaced fluid to try and quiet a slightly whiny pump... Otherwise it was fine. Was assured by multiple dealers that the part I needed had a filter in. Fitted replacement and even after a few days and correct bleeding proceedures had a super noisy pedestrian-jumping pump!!! Steering was also a bit heavier esp on roundabouts (it was fine before). Just looked closer at original reservoir removed... No filter! Cleaned it up and refitted, bled system etc. now back to normal levels of noise. Anyone able to see if their 2006-2010 2l Petrol SMax has a filter in the power steering reservoir or not? (Pics attached of one with). Many thanks, James. Hi. The pipe that goes to this pump just started leaking oil yesterday. Heavily I must add. Is the part number universally the same or does it differs from country to country? Anybody knows what the number is? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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