I found myself on an empty, wet carpark earlier tonight. It seemed the thing to do at the time, so i put full left lock on and switched off the traction control. I then booted the bu**er.
When i stopped and the engine went to idle i had no power steering. I found that if i held the revs up to around 3k, there was enough effort to turn the wheel but it was still hard work. I drove 20miles or so home down the motor way and it felt a little heavy but when i pulled off the sliproad and the revs dropped still no power steering.The belt is on, not obviously slipping and all the pulleys are turning. There are no noises and the fluid is up to the max mark. When i try to turn the wheel at tickover and the pump seems to be trying.
Any advise gladly accepted.