Well i took the evo to a snow covered parking lot to bust some donuts, then after the steering got hard and the check engine light came on, its never done this before any ideas?

TERRY

 

Anyone have an answer on this?

I experienced exactly the same thing today. A bunch of donuts in a snowy parking lot, and now I'm losing PS at low rpms when I hit the brakes... Also note the SEL came on. I haven't pulled the code yet.

 

you overheated and blew the pump from having it at full lock doing donutz. Time to buy another one.

 

Just reading some other posts on the subject. I figured as much. It's always acted a bit 'weak' insofar as at low RPMs it's never given full assistance and I've had to blip the throttle constantly when parking and such. I guess today pushed it over the edge..

Cheers.

 

I did the same thing took it to the dealer they said the pump was shot and I needed a new one looks like you did the same thing you need a new pump that all.

 

Anyone have the part # ? Did a search, but no joy.

 

I would recommend you guys read your owners manual. It has a caution against locking the steering wheel as it will break the pump.