Power steering

There are a couple ways to do this. The hard and clean way is to inspect all lines and connection points for cracking or holes. The easy and slightly messy way is to spray down the engine with a degrease spray and hose it off to clean it. Then fill the power steering and have someone turn it on to pressurize the system and then you look for where the fluid is coming out. Wear eye protection and keep you mouth closed, because if it is from the pump then it could be sprayed all around. You only need to run it for a second or two to find the area and then you can shut it off and will probably see the fluid still dripping from the location to pin point it.

Clearly this is not the most desirable process but it is quick and easy. Let me know if you have questions. Thanks

The groans are from the lack of fluid or the pump is going out. Let's start with finding the leak and go from there.

Okay. No groaning is a good thing. Also, that could very well have been the noise. This system is under a lot of pressure especially when turning so if something lets go it can sound like a balloon popping.

All we can do is fix what we find broken and then retest. The frustration comes in (and it gets expensive) when we can't find anything and it still doesn't work. That is when people start guessing at parts or take it to a repair shop. Either way, it is more expensive.

I would just go ahead and repair what you found and retest it.

Looks like that is the feed line that wraps around the pump. I included the diagram to try to determine this. I would follow the line down and see where it connects to the steering gear. If it is in the same location shown then that is the line.