Heavy steering

[Billathome65]

Hi guys a little advice needed on this.

A few nights back due to the sod you attitude of many ( not all ) of todays younger drivers, I was forced to throw out the anchors and do an emergency stop.

I'm glad to say my 2002 C3 pulled of the stop perfectly and no damage.

Now the interesting point after a little cursing I carried on driving however a few hundred yards down the road the steering became really heavy as if the power steering had packed up? Holding her straight and turning became a struggle, so as I was in work I parked the car up and thought oh joy looks like break down services when I finish work at 12.30am.

When I finished work I crossed my fingers and started the car and started to move, for a moment the steering was still heavy then it corrected itself and has been fine since.

So any ideas of what might have happened??????

Cheers guys

[ekjdm14]

I'm not sure what type of power steering these modern Cit's have, but my thoughts if it's electro/hydraulic are perhaps the force of the stop threw the PAS fluid away from the pump inlet momentarily causing the pump to draw air & the electronics to disable the motor to stop it damaging the pump. Otherwise though I'm not sure and will leave it to those more au fait with the car.