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05-08-2006, 04:10 PM
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Boss 335
Join Date: Jan 2006
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when i leave the car overnight with the steering wheel anywhere to the right, the power steering will not work unless i give the engine a bit of a boot in neutral. It starts working when the motor hits about 2000rpm (a spurting sound from the pump + then a whirring noise). After that, the power steering works normally and the whirring noise vanishes. Is something wrong with the power steering or does it need new fluid/etc? Was worried that it mite die when i'm driving someday...
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05-08-2006, 07:50 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Smoking the bags in a Turbo 6-speed ED!
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so if you have the wheel turned to the left it works properly?
is it leaking from anywhere? I would have guessed it was the pump if not for that "wheel turned to the right' thing :S |
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05-08-2006, 07:53 PM
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id still say its the pump. usually the 'whirring' sound gives it away.
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05-08-2006, 08:06 PM
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Boss 335
Join Date: Jan 2006
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it leaked from the pump cap a while ago (think the mechanic overfilled it).. but has never leaked visibly ever since. The whirring sound only happens on a cold start in the morning with the steering wheel anywhere to the right (after "unsticking" it with a few revs). But all is good when the whirring soon goes away, and there is no loss of power steering or steering feel..
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05-08-2006, 09:16 PM
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GMHKLA number plates
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hoppers, Vic.
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check the fluid level if still full its probs due for a rack and/or a pump
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Currently owned: 1997 Hyundai Excel (the daily) 2009 FG FPV F6 Silhouette Auto Previously owned: 1994 EF fairmont Ghia 4.0Ltr, AUTO 14.620@93.3mph  2000 Honda S2000 14.73@92mph (stock + no traction) 
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06-08-2006, 01:49 AM
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likes falcon's
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne
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bearings in the pump itself may not be the best anymore.
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EL fairmont.. weird power steering
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