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Whining noise on power steering

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#1 ·
Help i have a whinning noice on my PS, i have read a few threads that came up with the same sort of title but mine isnt as bad as some with knocking and banging.

I noticed a slight whining earlier this evening when stationary and just moving the wheel out of boredom waiting for someone, but it just sounded like a normal very quite whin like all/most PS systems make. BUT when i dropped my mate back home, i decided to treat the car to a good high speed drive home as the roads were empty and the family wasnt in the car for once, as i pulled up to my drive i could hear the whining had got louder and when the car was stationary and i turn the wheel you could hear the whining get louder when presure was applied and even possibily a slight rubbing sound!?!?!? Pitch black so cannot see anything under the bonnet.

Being an Alfa i am scared i have broken her.....but **** me it was a great drive home lol:tut:
 
#3 ·
Quite likely low on fluid - check for leaks in the cooling circuit pipes that run across the bottom of the radiator and into the "coil" in the offside inner wing - or it could be one of the tensioners on the auxiliary belt....
 
#4 ·
Going to get some fluid on my way home from work today. She was as good as gold this morning with no noice at all....BUT as its a selespeed she didnt select 3rd when coming down a hill, but was fine after that, might must be an Alfa hick up.

Are the tensioners easy enough to change/tighten??

Thanks for your responce
 
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#5 ·
No noise now? - if it is low PS fluid, the noise doesn't disappear :confused:

Do you have service history?

Tensioners not an easy job (part of the cambelt suystem), best left to specialists if you are not sure what you are doing

It could be the aux belt (or ancillaries) though, if you are handy, you could try removing it temporarily, to see if that eliminated the noise
 
#6 ·
Is it possible that the car just had to remind me that she is an Alfa and not to miss-treat her as it has been fine no noice, except when on full lock. Checked the level and it is bang on LOW so have toped that up....But running as good as ever?!?!?! :thumbs:
 
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