smokinv8 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Seeing the other post on here re: bleeding power steering gives me no confidence! Anyway, my steering now makes a nice squealing noise whilst turning but only at slow speeds or whilst parking. The belt is a fairly new one and nice and tight so Im pretty sure its not that. A mate told me that I may have water in the system? Possible I guess and am I right in thinking the only alternative is to drop all the fluid out and replace with new? or is there something else Im missing? Also I gotta replace the steering drop arm too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milemarker Type S Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Sounds like the belt is slipping- the pump has to work harder during low speed/stationary steering. May sound silly but try a different brand of belt and then tension it correctly- sometimes makes a world of difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scube Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 All power steering pumps make some noise when at the end of the travel or working hard trying to turn tyres that are not moving. Not so much as a squealing noise though. You may have air in the system from a leak, I have replaced a few pumps and bleeding has usually been a case of turning from lock to lock a few times to clear the air in the system. The fluid will turn pink with small bubbles, luckly I have never had to anything more involved than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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