Autozone rebuilt power steering pump or Honda one

[batever]

The hydraulic fluid feed on the top of my power steering pump came loose and I lost a lot of p.s. fluid from it, then when I refilled the system, the p.s. pump failed (due to the lack of fluid, I imagine) and spewed p.s. fluid all over the engine bay. I called Honda and they said it was ok to drive it without the power steering pump, but I'm wondering about other opinions about how that would affect the steering rack.

I'm planning on replacing the pump this week. The Autozone rebuilt power steering pump is $95, Honda rebuilt is $350 or so.

Any thoughts? Compatibility issues? Since you need to use the Honda fluid for the seals in the system, is using an offbrand pump going to somehow mess something up due to seal incompatibility? What other compnents could go wrong due to this (I've been driving it about a week without the pump, about 200 miles)?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[quickangel93]

i could go to the junkyard and get you one

[Losiracer2]

autozone one is fine, thats what I'm running w/ my H22 and I rev it to 8k and it works fine. No weird noises or anything of the sort. Plus you get a lifetime warranty on it. And if it ever does fail, it takes all of 10 minutes to remove it anyways.

[deevergote]

i could go to the junkyard and get you one

But that doesn't answer his question.


Honda is always best... but Autozone should work just fine. I would do Autozone myself.

[batever]

autozone one is fine, thats what I'm running w/ my H22 and I rev it to 8k and it works fine. No weird noises or anything of the sort. Plus you get a lifetime warranty on it. And if it ever does fail, it takes all of 10 minutes to remove it anyways.

Honda is always best... but Autozone should work just fine. I would do Autozone myself.

Thanks, guys, I decided to go with the Autozone power steering pump too ($120 before core charge refund) as $200 extra is a lot to pay for something when I'm not even sure of any extra benefit it will provide. Should arrive today and I can install it Thurs AM.

[quickangel93]

But that doesn't answer his question.


Honda is always best... but Autozone should work just fine. I would do Autozone myself.

kinda does. i would of gotten him a honda one

[pandacrasha]

The hydraulic fluid feed on the top of my power steering pump came loose and I lost a lot of p.s. fluid from it, then when I refilled the system, the p.s. pump failed (due to the lack of fluid, I imagine) and spewed p.s. fluid all over the engine bay. I called Honda and they said it was ok to drive it without the power steering pump, but I'm wondering about other opinions about how that would affect the steering rack.

I'm planning on replacing the pump this week. The Autozone rebuilt power steering pump is $95, Honda rebuilt is $350 or so.

Any thoughts? Compatibility issues? Since you need to use the Honda fluid for the seals in the system, is using an offbrand pump going to somehow mess something up due to seal incompatibility? What other compnents could go wrong due to this (I've been driving it about a week without the pump, about 200 miles)?

Thanks in advance for your help.

i would go with a honda one for quality, or just hit the yard up

[deevergote]

Thanks, guys, I decided to go with the Autozone power steering pump too ($120 before core charge refund) as $200 extra is a lot to pay for something when I'm not even sure of any extra benefit it will provide. Should arrive today and I can install it Thurs AM.

Cool. The good thing is, if it fails, it won't hurt anything. The PS pump is one of those things that I wouldn't mind taking a risk on, because the car is drivable without it, and there's no serious risk of crashing when it fails. Not that I expect the Autozone pump to fail. In all likelihood, it won't. It'll probably outlast the engine it's being bolted to.

[starchland]

rebuild it yourself buy the parts its cheap.

[Psychoward26]

Swing for Honda if your looking to spend the dough, but Autozone one works great and seems to hold up fine in every car i've seen. plus they do have a lifetime warranty.

[deevergote]

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[batever]

Heh, turns out I got lazy and didn't replace the PS pump for several weeks due to extremely miserable cold weather and no garage to work in. So since I had the time I decided to swing by the JY and got one from a '93 for $35! Installed, it is working like a charm!!! I think it even is better than my original--I think the steering is easier than it was before (maybe it's maintaining higher pressure or something)! And I saved a cool $100 which is always nice!

Now all I have to do is return the Autozone one... one more errand in my life.

Thx to everyone.

P.S Props to quickangel93!

[quickangel93]

Heh, turns out I got lazy and didn't replace the PS pump for several weeks due to extremely miserable cold weather and no garage to work in. So since I had the time I decided to swing by the JY and got one from a '93 for $35! Installed, it is working like a charm!!! I think it even is better than my original--I think the steering is easier than it was before (maybe it's maintaining higher pressure or something)! And I saved a cool $100 which is always nice!

Now all I have to do is return the Autozone one... one more errand in my life.

Thx to everyone.

P.S Props to quickangel93!

lol thanks