My 2003 Cooper S has been acting strange today. The power steering quite altogether when I was driving to my shop. I couldn't find anything wrong, and when I came back out several hours later and started the car, the power steering was working again. My first guess was that perhaps the cooling fan had a stone in it or something, and the pump went into overtemp shut-down.
Then the second problem - when I got home later that day, pulled into the garage and shut off the car, the power steering pump would not stop. I finally had to disconnect the battery to make the pump stop.
I could not find a fuse or relay that would stop and pump, and I pulled them all out trying. Perhaps there is a relay somewhere that's become intermittent, and is now hanging up?
Anyone know where the power steering pump relay is?
Thanks for any suggestions,
Tim/