[lampshade]

flashed for my second speed camera in a week this morning. brilliant.

then on the way home i started hearing a whining, kind of groaning noise coming from the engine when decelerating and at low speeds. not loud but noticeable. i can feel a vibration through the steering wheel. the steering has become increasingly loosey-goosey over the past couple of weeks since i had the car serviced at an independent.

stopped the car and the noise stopped after about 3 minutes.

any ideas? i'm taking it in tomorrow but to be honest the service cost me 450 quid and i could really do without anything major right now.

5 year old 159 lusso 1.9 tdi.



*edit* have looked through some threads here. i checked and there is no red fluid leaking or frothing out of the steering fluid res (which i think is sort of at the middle of the engine near the windscreen, right?)

 

[cj romeo]

Naw - the PAS reservoir is the black one with the red lid on the left as you stand looking at the windscreen - youre looking at either the coolant or the brake fluid!

 

[paulmacs]

little black box, red lid, picture of steering wheel on it. Thats the coolant tank you are looking at.

You could be looking at a steering rack issue, you have the tell tale initial signs unfortunately.

 

[ashby198]

I had the same problem a few weeks ago, it turned out to be a faulty power steering reservoir. £32 from mangoletsi in Knutsford and the same again for fitting at my local garage. I would ask the garage to check that first thing.

 

[lampshade]

it's the steering rack. 600quid fitted inc vat. could be worse. i'll post this in the steering problems thread for reference for anyone else.

jesus christ it's expensive having an alfa. i might have to have a rethink about all this. it's a 5 year old diesel reps car and there's always something going wrong with it.

 

[cj romeo]

.....whats the problem - can is be resolved with new rack ends from Shop4 parts?