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Is my car safe to drive to the mechanic?

I noticed a leak under my car (a 2000 Lincoln Mercury Sable) and I found out that it's the power steering fluid leaking. My question is, do I need to have the vehicle towed to the mechanic or can I drive it there.? He's about 15 minutes away and I think there's about 7 turns. Any help would be appreciated.

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1. If you hear the pump "growling", put some fluid in it. Sounds like it'll be alright to drive.
2. Fill it with power steering fluid, than bring along extra than stop several times along the way and add more if necessary. Should be fine...........
3. It should be ok, just check the fluid before you go and fill it up if needed. I know it will probably just leak out but I think that you'd rather waste the fluid than have a hard time turning because you are out of fluid. Try to go the shortest way to the mechanic with the least amount of stops and turns.
4. fill the power steering resorvoiur up and let the car idle with the steering wheel turned hard to one side.if the oil leaks out with in 15 minutes then you will need to top it up on the way to your mechanic.driving with no oil in the steering pump will damage the pump,but you will still be able to steer the car-it will take much more effort to turn the wheel,especially if the car is not moving.
5. you can drive with no powersteering at all. its just alittle harder to turn the wheel.. thats the way cars used to be.
6. if leakage is low about 50cc and it drop and the hydraulic pump container is full . please turn on the engine and turn wheel left to right several time than notice leak . if it has low leakage you can move your car to mechanic.
7. If it will leak all of the fluid in less than 15 minutes I wouldn't drive it. There are many posts that recommend filling it up and going for it, or stopping along they way to top it off. If the vehicle has been driven and the fluid has run out a few times already, you may have already damaged the power steering pump. The fluid serves two purposes, keeping the pump lubricated and cool, and energy to operate the power steering gear. If the system runs low on fluid the pump will start to run hot and eventually burn itself up (growling, or howling is an indication of low fluid). Once at the shop they will (hopefully) test the pump to make sure it's still good before repairing your leak. If you ran it dry and damaged it, expect to replace the pump and pay for a flush too.