Thanks for the reply. So far, the power on steering was lost twice while driving and the steering became hard and then it automatically restored itself after ten minutes. The constant rattling sound is likely coming from the power steering pump (not 100% sure though) because the power steering pulley has a lot of play.
If I take the power steering belt off and start the engine, will it harm the car? That way if the rattling sound goes away because of the non-rotating power steering pulley, it will eliminate the power steering pump and pulley as the suspects, right?
I checked YouTube videos and the classic rack and pinion symptoms are not there. After making a turn, the steering auto-centers itself and rotates back to straight position automatically just like a new car.
Wednesday, January 9th, 2019 AT 7:11 PM