You won't want to. If you disconnect it, your steering will be almost too hard to turn in normal driving.
There is no power steering filter
All Ford Taurus power steering systems take MERCON V Transmission Fluid.
According to the 2002 Ford Taurus Owner Guide : ( Motorcraft MERCON automatic transmission fluid is used as the power steering fluid )
No, if you do you will have no power steering. You could not steer this vehicle with the power steering pump bypassed.
Try checking the power steering fluid. My taurus did the same thing until i filled the power steering fluid.
According to the 1998 Ford Taurus Owner Guide : ( Motorcraft MERCON automatic transmission fluid is used as the power steering fluid )
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According to the 2005 Ford Taurus Owner Guide : Motorcraft MERCON automatic transmission fluid is used as the power steering fluid
It is nor recommended to bypass this as it will make your vehicle very hard to control.
The power steering reservoir is on the power steering pump.Looking from the front of car it is on the passenger side on front of engine. just to the right of the radiator recovery tank.
power steering is very noisy
Motorcraft MERCON automatic transmission fluid is used as the power steering fluid ( according to the Owner Guide )