Whining sound from under my hood !!
04-18-2006, 09:18 AM
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Whining sound from under my hood !! Okay here's the prob.
When my car gets up to running temperature I start to hear a whining sound from under the hood as I accelerate between shifts. Could that be my power steering pump or something else ??
Any ideas guys ???
When my car gets up to running temperature I start to hear a whining sound from under the hood as I accelerate between shifts. Could that be my power steering pump or something else ??
Any ideas guys ???
04-18-2006, 11:28 AM
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if you removed the !AIR, I think it's the line you are supposed to plug with a screw, leaking. Mine sounds like a supercharger, its awesome
04-18-2006, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by bastien
if you removed the !AIR, I think it's the line you are supposed to plug with a screw, leaking. Mine sounds like a supercharger, its awesome
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Originally Posted by bastien
if you removed the !AIR, I think it's the line you are supposed to plug with a screw, leaking. Mine sounds like a supercharger, its awesome
04-18-2006, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by brad8266
Maybe the Easter bunny slipped a Procharger under there on Sunday morning.
04-18-2006, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by TransAm_00
Everyone knows the Easter bunny is not real.
Thanks for ruining that !! 
04-18-2006, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by BIG BAD BLACKSS
Have you checked your power steering resevoir? Mine was just barely touching the bottom of the lil plastic dipstick and making a lil noise, also had a heavy feeling steering wheel at times. Topped it off and it feels like a brand new car again.
04-18-2006, 02:59 PM
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i had what seemed to be that exact problem, my car was still under a used warranty , i had no idea what it was, but they fixed it and told me it was the belt tensioner and i had to replace belt after that worked perfect
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Originally Posted by 2KSS
Okay here's the prob.
When my car gets up to running temperature I start to hear a whining sound from under the hood as I accelerate between shifts. Could that be my power steering pump or something else ??
Any ideas guys ???
When my car gets up to running temperature I start to hear a whining sound from under the hood as I accelerate between shifts. Could that be my power steering pump or something else ??
Any ideas guys ???
I'd start pulling belts. Do you have a short belt to bypass the power steering?
Pull main belt to be sure it's a belt driven noise. Then AC belt to eliminate AC system. Then if you have a short belt put that on.......and all it leaves is the water pump.....or alternator but you should see something on the guages if the alternator is going.
04-18-2006, 06:32 PM
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Rev the car up while under the hood. Thats what I did, and it was clear that my Power Steering Pump is done. Even though it still works, and it's full, it whines past 1,800 RPMS when warmed up. I even tried pumping out the old fluid and filling it back up with new, but no luck.
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Originally Posted by brad8266
Maybe the Easter bunny slipped a Procharger under there on Sunday morning.
04-18-2006, 09:47 PM
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i just put on a 305 dollar gm water pump today thinking it was the damn water pump and i spent 5-6 hours sanding and polishing my valve covers and when i got it all back together like a little kid on christmas day i fired it up and what to you know.... SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!!!!! its power steering pump, theyre known to go out at 90k