2000 Dodge Caravan 3.3L V6 / power steering pump?

[SFCP]

Anyone no where the power steering pump is on this engine? I know where the resevoir is to fill the power steering fluid on the passenger front area of the motor above the strut tower, but I can not see where the pump is..
Most vehicles have you fill the fluid right into the top of the power steering pump, as is the case with my GM engines.

 

[JTK]

Trace the lines from the remote reservoir to the pump. My 2001 ford windstar 3.8L is the same way. The pump is tucked way back under the cowel. The fluid reservoir is up high & easy to get at.

Joel

 

[SFCP]

impossible..the lines disappear into the side of the body panel.

 

[rat]

On my 1998 with the 3.3, the reservior was at the very bottom of all the belt driven accessories, rusted thru and leaking all over my driveway! Slide under the front of the van and you should see it.

 

[rcy]

Yup, I had a '99 3.8 (which I think is a bored out 3.3) and the pump is as rat stated - right at the very bottom...mine rusted through as well, and while checking out the new one, I noticed that the drain for the A/C evaporator is right above the power steering pump. No wonder it rusts out. Nice design, Chrysler.

 

[Chris142]

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Yup, I had a '99 3.8 (which I think is a bored out 3.3) and the pump is as rat stated - right at the very bottom...mine rusted through as well, and while checking out the new one, I noticed that the drain for the A/C evaporator is right above the power steering pump. No wonder it rusts out. Nice design, Chrysler.

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Hey they pay those guys big bucks to design that.

 

[doitmyself]

SFCP,

I took a gander at my 2005 factory service manual CD and according to it, the PS pump on the 3.3 is belt driven - in other words, it is attached to a belt pulley.

Looking at the pictures, it looks like it is attached to the pulley that is close to the firewall on the passenger side of the engine. It is towards the "upper" and back (firewall) side of the engine - just below the valve cover

Again, look for the belt pulley. Assuming that the 3.3 engine didn't change with the newer generation of vans.

Oops!! Third time editing this post! I think the description above is correct. Upper back passenger side pulley, below the back valve cover