steering stiff on vivaro

manhattan

i just nipped to the local shop which is just around the corner, went into the shop came out tried to drive off and the steering was very hard to turn?
do you think the pump has gone or any ideas what else could be the problem?
i drove the van back about 100 meters home and opened the bonnet,looks like there is steering fluid spitting out of the top of where you top up the fluid out of a small pin hole in the middle of the cap?

any advice would be great,before i set the thing alight and make my life stress free please!

delboyuk_3

Well i think you have diagnosed the fault yourself... try replacing the cap before taking it anywhere (I expect its a universal cap and any scrappy will have something suitable).

If you find its not due to fluid spitting out of the car, its possible the fuse/relay to the power steering servo has gone.