Loose Steering?

[hayden49]

Hey guys,

when i bought my car it handled great and felt like it was on rails and the steering was very stiff, today when drove though i noticed that the steering felt spongy and very loose.

i checked my front sway (or strut?) bar and it was tight and i couldnt move it however the bar which runs across the boot feels lose and it wiggles around a little bit.

it seems as though where it attaches to the chasis on the right hand side the bolts are a touch loose.

should i tighten those up then tighten the actualy sway bar up?

My tyres feel like they need abit of air so im going to do that, would that be another factor why my car feels abit spongy to steer?

Is there anything else i should check out while im at it?

its weird, my fmic hose poped off this arvo and just after this happened it felt like my steering was all spongy so im freaking out that i have damaged somthing when the cooler pipe blew off, scared the shit at how loud the POP is when it happens.

cheers guys