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  • #1

    Something sounds funny.

    Alright.

    Today I was running errands around town and noticed a noise coming from the dash of my car. At first, I thought a cat or something really small had crawled up into my car, and was rattling around, but the closer I listened the more it started to sound like water flowing.

    I was parked in front of a bank for about 10 mintues and the sound stopped, but returned when I turned the steering wheel.

    I've never noticed the sound before, so I'm assuming that whatever it is, it's a fluid and it's probably low, but I know absolutely nothing about automobiles.

    What do you think?
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  • #2
    Do you have power steering?
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    • #3
      Originally posted by hawkdoc60 View Post
      Do you have power steering?
      Yep.
      but I know my power steering fluid isn't low.
      I had it checked a few weeks ago.

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      • #4
        vibrations shake something loose?
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        • #5
          It sounds like it might be a problem with the power steering pump, especially if it is quiet while sitting until you turn the wheel. Just a thought.
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          01 Chevy Impala 9C1 police package "Unnamed yet". 154K
          88 LX 5 speed "Silver PHOENIX" Currently being rebuilt inside and out. 400K
          88 L 4 speed "Cherry Bomb" saved from the car crusher just in time. 186K
          06 Ford F-150 Pickup Replacement for my 2001 Impala Cop Car that lunched its engine.

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          • #6
            Well...
            I have a bolt above the wheel well that keeps shaking loose, but other than that, there's no probelm.

            And when I was parked, I could still hear it. It was only after 10 minutes that it stopped.
            And then happened again when I turned the wheel.

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            • #7
              Can u tighten it?

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              • #8
                Originally posted by collegeboi View Post
                Can u tighten it?
                The bolt has been tighten. I have no more problems with it now, and only makes noise when I go over speed bumps or ruts in the road when knocked loose. I know it's not the bolt because it makes a completely different sound, and I can feel it in my steering wheel.
                Last edited by j.ess; 02-04-2009, 05:53 PM.

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                • #9
                  It still sounds like a power steering issue of some sort. The pump might be getting ready to fail on you, or a problem with the rack and pinion unit.
                  http://www.cardomain.com/id/hawkdoc60

                  01 Chevy Impala 9C1 police package "Unnamed yet". 154K
                  88 LX 5 speed "Silver PHOENIX" Currently being rebuilt inside and out. 400K
                  88 L 4 speed "Cherry Bomb" saved from the car crusher just in time. 186K
                  06 Ford F-150 Pickup Replacement for my 2001 Impala Cop Car that lunched its engine.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by hawkdoc60 View Post
                    It still sounds like a power steering issue of some sort. The pump might be getting ready to fail on you, or a problem with the rack and pinion unit.
                    Rack and pinion?

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                    • #11
                      The rack and pinion unit is what actually steers the wheels. They have been known to fail from time to time.
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                      01 Chevy Impala 9C1 police package "Unnamed yet". 154K
                      88 LX 5 speed "Silver PHOENIX" Currently being rebuilt inside and out. 400K
                      88 L 4 speed "Cherry Bomb" saved from the car crusher just in time. 186K
                      06 Ford F-150 Pickup Replacement for my 2001 Impala Cop Car that lunched its engine.

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                      • #12
                        Oh.
                        Sounds expensive.

                        I wouldn't think that mine would fail.
                        The car isn't but 5 years old, bought new. :\

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                        • #13
                          What car are we talking her?

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                          • #14
                            D took my car to work.
                            He said it's not the rack and pinion, or knuckle steering.

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                            • #15
                              It's a '04 camry.

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