# Power steering **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** steering\ **Created:** [June 5, 2007, 2:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/power-steering/259 "2007-06-05T02:39:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AHOUSEHO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@AHOUSEHO](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AHOUSEHO)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 2:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/power-steering/259/1 "2007-06-05T02:39:55Z")
02 WINSTAR HAS A WHINE.PURCHASED IN 04 —HAD THE WHINE THEN—FLUID IS FULL. HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH A 96 WINDSTAR. IS THIS THE NATURE OF THE WINDSTAR? ---
**Author:** ![edb1961](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/edb1961/32/122_2.png) [@edb1961](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edb1961)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 3:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/power-steering/259/2 "2007-06-05T03:54:39Z")
Hi, I think it’s the nature of Ford PS pumps in general. I had a 98 Windstar for 8 years and the pump was noisy the entire time. About once a year I would use a turkey baster or siphon to remove as much PS fluid from the reservoir as possible. Then refill with fresh fluid, run the engine for ~10 min to circulate the PS fluid, and repeat the process several times until I had used a 1 or 2 quarts of Ford Type F transmission fluid (this was the specified PS fluid for a 98 Windstar). This would quiet the pump down for a while and it kept the pump working fine for 8 years. Ed B.