2010 LT Power Steering Wont Work
 

So I was driving a BMW before I owned this car and bought this one with the insurance money. I've pretty much done most of the repairs on every car I owned and after being sick of the insanely lengthy processes for everything on luxury German cars I decided to buy this to go back to nice simple American cars. Well the parts are easier to get through but this problem is a nightmare. This is the first time I've had a power steering problem on any vehicle I've owned and it's the biggest headache.

So about two weeks after I bought the car (I've had it since October of last year) I noticed the annoying winding sound but the steering continued to work. It would be foamed up implying air everytime I checked it when the steering went bad. Periodically it would start to have stiff steering and it'd lose fluid so I put it off by topping it off because it was cold out in the winter and didnt have a garage to work in. So then in February the pump just stopped working and topping it off wouldnt work anymore so I had to put it off until it got warmer. So basically it sat there without the pump until a couple days ago when I removed the old pump.

So after removing the pump I put a towel between the alternator and the pressure lines and did the turning the wheels back and forth crap and then came the struggle for the pulley. So the new pump dont come with pulleys so I had to go to AutoZone and get the removal and installer tool from them. Removed the pulley perfectly fine, then when its time to put it on, they didnt have the installer. GREAT. So then I went hunting around town and of course every single one had the installer missing or a stripped bolt on the installer. So finally I found a general GM one at Advanced Auto and AGAIN it was another problem didnt go down far enough for the pulley to be flush, so I had to go find some washers and the little ""S" that goes on metal chains to rig the installer to actually get the pulley flush. Finally.

Put the new pump on the car, filled it up, turned the wheel back and fourth about 20 times to bleed it, left it sitting there for 20 minutes, turned the steering wheel back and fourth some more for good measure. Took it off the jacks, started the car and everything seems fine. No winding noises or any of that when I go listen to the engine. Great, sounds like everythings working. Then I start trying to drive and of course the steering is still super stiff. OF COURSE. So I go watch multiple videos on bleeding it and again it sounds right except one guy said to do it with the car running. Ok, so I go back out there, bleed it some more without the car running (video shown below). I could hear a draining sound but really couldnt see visible bubbles. So then I start the car still jacked in the air this time and start turning in back and forth and theres the winding sound again especially with the steering wheel all the way on each extreme (another video below). Then when I remove the cap super foamy just like with the previous pump. GREAT. This went away pretty quick with vehicle off and turning the wheel back and forth with the cap off again.

Then I look under the car and see a MASSIVE puddle under the passenger side. In the first picture from the front of the car I noticed that small puddle closer to the front when I first parked the car and noticed that every time I parked it so I think its something different or maybe a different line is leaking? Anyway after running the pump that massive puddle appeared and I have pictures on the link of the drops actively falling that were the exact color of the fluid I was putting into the pump.

So at this point I can only assume the pump is not the issue and that air keeps getting right back into the system when I run the car and theres a massive leak that pressure of the running car forces out faster. So here I'm guessing its one of the lines (not where the pumps at because I dont see any fluid when I put a rag under where it connects to the pump) or the rack and pinion system at this point. If it is the rack and pinion wouldnt it make it hard to turn or not turn at all even with the car jacked up? My understanding is that the rack and pinion actually turns the wheel back and fourth so if that was broke I shouldnt be able to turn the wheel so easily even when jacked up correct? I have a couple pictures of the closest I could get my phone to the tie rod with my phone and you can see bunch of fluid on the side but I cant tell where its coming from. Really any help here would be great because I really need my car I've gone too long getting rides from people.

The pictures are all here at these links:

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Video of bleeding without car running:

Car running jacked up not turning steering wheel:

Car running after attempt to bleed above turning wheel: