A lot of the time if your pump goes, then your steering box is also gone. If it works then it works..
Oh yes, quite dangerous. Do not drink power steering fluid or anything else that you put into your car.
No, but impossible to check anything else if it is leaking. And if the rack and pinon is leaking, then it will have to be changed anyway.
Type A is an automatic transmission fluid. It is used as a power steering fluid in some limited vehicles. You must use the exact fluid that is recommended by the manufacture of your vehicle. Use anything else at your own risk.
Total Fluid DA, available at your peugeot dealer, anything else will cause problems
As far as I know, the belt is used only for the power steering.
Not directly. If the engine is running, power steering should be OK, otherwise something else is wrong.
Look and see if it is driving anything else. As far as driving it without a belt, I would not advice you even attempt this. The steering would be extremely difficult and it would be dangerous. Buy a new belt and install it.
Yeah. The serpentine belt which also controls the fan and water pump
NO !! POWER STEERING FLUID IS SIMILAR TO TRANSMISSION FLUID... BRAKE FUILD IS LIKE NOTHING ELSE
No. The main serpentine belt controls the alternator, air conditioner compressor, and water pump, but the other belt only drives power steering. Since power steering is not critical to driving a small car, it's OK to wait until the belt completely wears out before replacing it unless the car is being driven by someone who would panic if they lost power steering.
replace that power steering pump its got a bad bearing, nothing else you can do
There are, so far as I know, two kinds of power steering fluid: the kind for Hondas, and the kind for everything else.