# Power steering problem

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/power-steering-problem/21305>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [October 27, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/power-steering-problem/21305 "2008-10-27T19:25:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![rvrscum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d6d6ee/32.png) [@rvrscum](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rvrscum)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/power-steering-problem/21305/1 "2008-10-27T19:25:11Z")

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I by mistake put antifreeze into the power steering resisvoir. After discovering my error, I pumped it out and replaced the fluid. Now my power steering goes in and out. The car is a '05 Volkswagen Passat AWD. Did I burn up the PS pump by my mistake? Or do I need to bleed the system?