My power steering resivoir cap exploded!?!?!

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Axoure Dragonkin
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Car: '92 Nissan 240sx se

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ok so i just finished my auto to manual swap... and now i have ps fluid shooting out of the cap on the resivoir.

more crap...

the cap stays on but whenever i move the wheel it is hard and fluid shoots out of the cap.

Any help would be appreciated.


DAEDALUS
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Is is possible to have crossed the high and low pressure lines from the pump?

Axoure Dragonkin
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no, i didn't do anything to them

DAEDALUS
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Did you remove the PS belt? Any chance it's not routed right, and driving the pump in the wrong direction? Haven't heard this one before.

navysnail
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Car: 1990 Nissan 240SX fastback

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how much, it sounds like there is pressure escaping to it, and its not designed to hold pressure

also, make sure you didnt overfill it

Axoure Dragonkin
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well, i know i didn't overfill it, so what would make pressure escape into it? that is what i think it might be doing.


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