2000 F250 Super Duty w/7.3 brakes and steering

First you have a leak somewhere if needed a add, need to find and fix that first.  Next up shut the engine off, get the truck front end off the ground completely BOTH sides.  Check fluid, then turn SLOWLY to one full turn stop either left or right and recheck fluid, Again ENGINE OFF.  if foamy allow to sit here until the bubbles dissipate.  After fluid clears some fill to high mark and rotate to full stop the other direction and see if still aerated.  Maintain fluid full mark and perform this once or twice more to each full stop direction check fluid level each time.  That is the essential way to bleed aerated fluid in P/S.

Edited by DMiller - 25 Aug 2020 at 3:19pm

my van howled when I bought it. it was very low on fluid filled it up didn't help I did steer ok but the noise was bad. I drained and flushed it twice bleeding it both times . if the fluid has been overheated  a lot of times it'll continue to make noise until you flush it out.  usually bleeding is accomplished by taking the load off the tires and cycling it full lock to lock with the engine off. if your draining take the return line off put a hose into a bucket and turn lock to lock with the engine running itll empty in just a couple times then turn the engine off fill bleed and do again.

Wasn't it nice for the factory to circle the problem right there on the grill?  FixOrRepairDaily

Mean but then not too mean..... I've always been a Chevy fan. 

I owned a chevy once,,,,

TomC wrote: I owned a chevy once,,,,

I had 4 of the friggin' things. 5 I guess counting the GMC truck I still use on the farm, though technically that's dad's.

Truck: Tailgate rotted. Rear bumper rotted. Has anyone tried to do brake lines on one of these?    What a pain!!! Been recalled a few times. Cab corners going. It's an '01, so it's time, but there's a '92 Ford on the farm that's seen all the same treatment and then some and has held up better. The bumper on that GMC must be made of paper thin crap steel. Headliner in cab falling apart. MISERABLE rotted out POS of a spare tire arrangement.

Pontiac Grand Prix: I must have owned the only 3800 engine that burned oil. Got it from my sister knowing that, was a good deal, but still. When they had it, dealer never could figure out why it was using oil.

Monte Carlo and Pontiac Montana: I don't have enough room to write all of the crap that went wrong with these 2 POS's. The internet would sue me for abuse of electrons. GM's venerable 3800 V6 was apparently too good (except mine) and they didn't sell enough parts, so they cheapened the sh!t out of it and voila, you have the steaming pile of crap 3.4L. On the van, it would rip the studs out of the holes that held the rocker arms in place. But oh so many things: between the 2 vehicles, 3 blown head gaskets, that valve issue previously listed, broken steering knuckle, load leveler in van went nuts and jacked the ass end up to the moon (was like a trip to the 70's), broken struts, blown engine, heater controls, NUMEROUS electronic issues with engine, etc., etc., etc. We're talking a death spiral of crap that you couldn't get one disaster paid for before another one hit, actually caused me FINANCIAL damage, I couldn't get ahead of them. Obviously would have been best to cut bait and run and buy something else, but too much $$$ tied up in paying for parts and repairs. The list would continue. Hard to tell which of these 2 was worse.

Grand Am: This little 4 banger was the best by far. Really not too bad. Only goofy thing with this was every once in a while, the theft system would randomly trigger. Too bad we lost that one in an accident.

All that, I rarely trash Chevys. Because, they are a "machine" with moving parts made out of metals and plastics and electronics. They all are expensive, wear out, malfunction, and rot away.

Owned Square Bodies in the 70s, had a couple good ones, that said could listen to them rust at night thru the screens.  350 4bbl, 12-15mpg want it or not loaded or empty, 454, 9-10mpg loaded or empty.  Mid 80s Ford, 460, gas station was NEVER passed when limited access, 351 was not much better until the 90s when actually got worse.