Re: Help needed for strange problem!
From: Brian J White (brian@bjwhite.net)
Date: Tue 26 Feb 2002 - 17:04:22 EST
Sounds like a loose power steering belt, low power steering fluid, a faulty
power steering pump, or you're running the system with no power steering
fluid at all.
At 14:01 2002-02-26 -0800, Paul Adams wrote:
>Help!
>
>My 405 has developed a strange problem. When I steer
>left there is a loud screeching noise. The noise is
>loudest when the car is moving slowly (and the engine
>is cold) but still exists when the car is moving at
>speed (and is completly warmed up).
>
>The noise never occurs when steering straight or
>right, only when steering left. On occasions the noise
>even exists when the car is stationary (with the
>wheels pointing to the left).
>
>Baffled yet?! The noise is also loudest from inside
>the car and seems to be affected by the speed of the
>booster fan! With the fans set to the off position the
>screeching is very loud and if I turn up the fan to
>the '1' bar position, or higher, the noise still
>exists but changes in tone.
>
>Has anyone else come across a similar problem to this?
>Could the cause be located at the booster fan or is it
>more likely to be a component of the steering (I've
>had the belts checked and all is apparently ok). Do
>the booster fans still spin when they are set to the
>lowest position (the slider can be set to 0, 1, 2 or 3
>bars)?
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