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Stewart Booton
Tinkerer
uk
soarer UZZ31 V8

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Reg: 03-2006

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Monday, September 25, 2006 - 02:13 pm, by:  Stewart Booton (V84) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

hi folks,collected my car after returning from a 2 week holiday and noticed the power steering was louder than before,thinking back,its always been fairly audible.
it got even louder today so i checked the fluid(i had foolishly presumed the car would have a low level sensor as it does for everything else) and sure enough fluid was only showing on the end 5mm of the dipstick so about 50mm too low!
topped up with dextron and turned the wheel lock to lock to bleed but its made little or no difference to the noise level.
the pump has alledgadly been rebuilt by a previous owner and it doesnt appear to be leaking although its certainly damp around the base of the pump,i will monitor the level and see if it drops,servicing the pump looks fairly straight forward but i just want to make sure that this will cure the problem..
i have made a recording of the noise but am struggling to upload it at the mo,its a loud whirring noise only when you turn the wheel.
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CIMG2412.WAV (90.3 k)
Don Bagnall
Moderator
New Zealand
I have WAY less Soarers than Hayden :-(

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Reg: 05-2005

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Monday, September 25, 2006 - 05:16 pm, by:  Don Bagnall (Baggs) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Sounds a bit like air in the system, but not sure.

One of the resident mechanical experts should be along shortly to give an answer
Dan McColl
Goo Roo
Victoria
UZZ 32 V8 Soarer #138

Posts: 1317
Reg: 07-2005

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Monday, September 25, 2006 - 09:33 pm, by:  Dan McColl (Hoon) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

What a funny sound that recording made.


I think there is a bleed nipple in there somewhere. It has been mentioned, Use the search and have a look around.
Stewart Booton
Tinkerer
uk
soarer UZZ31 V8

Posts: 31
Reg: 03-2006

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Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 12:12 am, by:  Stewart Booton (V84) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

only the uzz32 has the bleed nipple,i searched for that already :-(
Peter Nitschke
JunkFilterer
South Australia
GT4.0 V8

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Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 04:54 am, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It sounds like it is gargling! Not that it helps much.
Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo
North Island
JZZ31

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Reg: 10-2005

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Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 06:53 am, by:  Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Now spit!

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