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Power Steering noise
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Can someone help me. I ve just boughr a second hand Honda Accord 95 and the power steering is noisy when you turn the wheel to the left & right while the car is not moving. Regards |
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What is the level of fluid in the power steering (PS) system
reservoir? Do you see any PS fluid on the ground beneath the car, or other evidence of PS fluid leaks? Candidates: If non-Honda (PS) fluid was added to the system at some point, certain steering components are being destroyed by it. With luck someone simply had the PS fluid system open (e.g. for a timing belt job, the PS pump is in the way and has to be removed on some/all Hondas) recently. Or the PS fluid got low for some reason. Then the problem may be just air in the system. Buy some genuine Honda PS fluid (available at Autozone or similar places; it will say something like "For Hondas only" on it). To purge the air: With everything back together, and the power steering reservoir full, take the steering wheel and turn it back and forth 50 times. With the power steering reservoir full, get a friend to standy by with a bottle of power steering fluid as you start the car. When you start the car, the pump will suck down all the liquid in the reservoir into the system. It is CRITICAL that the pump not suck air into the system. Start the car for 1 second and shut it off. As the level goes down have your friend add to the reservoir. Repeat as needed until the reservoir level is filled appropriately. When done, replace the reservoir cap, start the car, and twist the steering wheel and listen for "squealing". As long as none is heard, you're fine. Again, it's important to keep air out of the system. See also the troubleshooting guide at http://media.honda.co.uk/car/owner/m...l/400/11-9.pdf "Pendoy" > wrote > Hi, > Can someone help me. I ve just boughr a second hand Honda > Accord 95 and > the power steering is noisy when you turn the wheel to the > left & right > while the car is not moving. > > Regards > |
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"Pendoy" > wrote in message
oups.com... > Hi, > Can someone help me. I ve just boughr a second hand Honda Accord > 95 and the power steering is noisy when you turn the wheel to the left > & right while the car is not moving. > > Regards > Describe this noise. Earle |
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Earle Horton wrote:
> "Pendoy" > wrote in message > oups.com... >> Hi, >> Can someone help me. I ve just boughr a second hand Honda Accord >> 95 and the power steering is noisy when you turn the wheel to the left >> & right while the car is not moving. >> >> Regards >> > > Describe this noise. > > Earle > > no kidding! it's probably just a loose belt. |
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Elle wrote: Buy some genuine Honda PS fluid (available at > Autozone or similar places; it will say something like "For > Hondas only" on it). The auto parts sell a "honda" PS fluid, but it's not geenuwine honda juice. It's kinda confusing really.. The label will say it's for honda cars, but on the other hand most all say, "not approved or tested by honda" , or some such wording.. Kinda made me paranoid... I had the "wrong fluid" problem on the accord I just bought, but luckily it was just put in right before I bought it. I noticed it right off the bat when I saw that ATF red in the canister.. No bueno.. I've already flushed it twice. The first time I used the "auto parts" honda PS fluid. I thought, heck, it couldn't be any worse than the ATF the guy put in it... A guy that works on trucks was the one that did it.. He had never heard about hondas needing the special fluid.. Anyway, I flushed it the first time, and drove it about a week. It was still showing some pink, so I flushed it a 2nd time, except using the genuine honda PS fluid. I have a dealer nearby... It's getting fairly normal looking now, but I may flush it once again just to be on the safe side. And I'll use the real honda PS fluid again. I found it's only about 50 cents a bottle higher than the "generic" stuff. The autoparts stuff may be ok, and most certainly better than ATF, but I sleep better using the real honda fluid. It takes three bottles to do a flush.. Right at 10 bucks is what I paid at the honda dealer for three bottles. I don't have any steering rack leaking or pump noise, so hopefully I caught it before it fouled up the works. MK |
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> wrote
> Elle wrote: >> Buy some genuine Honda PS fluid (available at >> Autozone or similar places; it will say something like >> "For >> Hondas only" on it). > > The auto parts sell a "honda" PS fluid, but it's not > geenuwine > honda juice. This is what I meant; it's what I use; and it's worked fine for me for years. Transmission fluid and coolant OTOH must be purchased at the Honda dealer or through an authorized Honda parts online site. |
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