oooo,aaaaah, power steering

AbbyCabby · Post by **AbbyCabby** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:15 am

Abby is our fourth VW and the second with, drum roll, power steering. Abby is also the first to have power steering that makes noises. I don't know my way around this new-fangled piece of equipment yet, so humor me. It doesn't scream like a ford, but there is an audible wail when the wheel is turned at parking speeds. I thought the pump belt might be at fault, and it was loose, so I tightened it up. Now I have the noises while turning and now it does sound like an old tempo when I start it up! This new noise goes away during driving after about 1 mile. My next guess would be the pump itself, but I'm not taking the belt off and running it to test. It shares a v-belt with the water pump.

Post by **Briano1234** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 4:01 pm

Try flushing out the Fluid... I had the same issue and I flushed it and used Dextron 3 ATF fluid, then I added some Lucas power steering rack oil. Not the whole bottle but some bought a third. Noise went away....

Take the return hose off the fill jug, and place in a bucket, it can spit so be careful turned on the car, then as my son turned the wheel from rack stop to rack stop, I kept poring fluid in the res, when the fluid stopped coming out yucky, I reattached the return line to the res, added the lucas, and filled with fluid noises went away.

AbbyCabby · Post by **AbbyCabby** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:45 am

So a system flush? I'll get back later to let everyone know how it went.

Post by **Calimus** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:11 am

Just be careful not to brain yourself on the hood would ya

montmil · Post by **montmil** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:46 pm

Lucas products have saved me considerable headaches over the years. At least it can buy you a little time while you start collecting aluminum cans to pay for the replacement parts. Right, Briano?

Post by **Briano1234** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:23 pm

montmil wrote:Lucas products have saved me considerable headaches over the years. At least it can buy you a little time while you start collecting aluminum cans to pay for the replacement parts. Right, Briano?

Ya know I got a used rack off a friend for my 90 cabby 60 bucks was easier to take than the 200 for a new one and then the 200 core...., and decided that I would change the manifold for a header as I was tired of the put put put out of the broken manifold. Well 4 broken studs later and taking the head in to get it Heli-coiled only added to the misery of the job. not to mention the 3 days under and over the car, the bright side was I was saving a dollar a day on p/s fluid and my car was less noisy and had more power.

If I knew that the damn thing was that much of a pain in the ass to change out, I would of done it all when I had the tranny out to replace the clutch.

kamzcab86 · Post by **kamzcab86** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:58 pm

Ooooooooooh, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, no power steering to maintain on mine...

And, it keeps my arms in shape.

CalAltaDubber · Post by **CalAltaDubber** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 2:16 pm

I have Armstrong power steering.

All the power my arms can provide.

AbbyCabby · Post by **AbbyCabby** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:45 am

Thats the last time I try to come off as funny, I should face facts that I usually come off as a dork instead.

As for the the steering, I'm all about manual steering! My former Scirocco was a manual. If I had the facilities and the donor rack, I would dump this one for a manual. One less belt, pump, and noise to worry about. The car would probably be 20 pounds lighter too.

kamzcab86 · Post by **kamzcab86** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 5:29 pm

Except for a couple of factors:
1) All USA Volkswagens came equipped with power steering from the early '90s onward.
2) Manual steering is fine for the A1 chassis cars, but the A3-A5 chassis cars are quite heavier and really "need" power-assisted steering to maneuver them. There again, they'd provide one hell of an arm workout!

gull · Post by **gull** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 12:34 am

Definitely try changing out the fluid. I haven't had this problem on my Cabriolet, but my Crown Vic had power steering that would groan during low speed turns, when it was providing maximum power assist. I could hear it and feel it through the wheel. After a fluid change the noise and vibration went away completely.

Post by **SoCal_Cabby** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 3:13 am

sounds to me like the pum is taking a crap....

if the belt is good ans the fluid is good, the only other thing it can be is the pump.....unless you have a clogged line....which is doubtful

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