Thread: Whining Noise When Turning

could be a tensioner pulley. do you haqve n/a or supercharged?

lol, mine whines too, but all the time, not just during turning

take your drive belt off and spin the tensioner and idler pulleys. see if there is and wobble or play in them. if they feel loose or make noise, or do not spin freely, that could be your problem

Originally Posted by TEK310

lol, mine whines too, but all the time, not just during turning

You must have an aftermarket pump on yours already... LOL

I replaced EVERYTHING!!!! New (parts store) pump, new pressure and return lines, reman rack (3 of them, YES THREE!!!) and my car still whines!!!! I gave up.. Remaned parts are crap....

welcome to "grand prix"

how the tranny fluid level? if its low the trans can whine when turning.

just while turning? figured that would whine under accel or all the time?

vid would help.

if the fluid is real low, yes it will whine all the time. but if its just low enough iirc its when you take a left turn the trans gets starved of fluid. once again, iirc, the filter is on the d/s of the tranny, make a left, the fluid gets pushed away from the filter to the pass side of the pan. then you get a whine.

gotcha, that makes sense.

My steering boogle....

Pressure line blew after replacement of Motor 1 causing fire.
Replaced pressure line and return line that melted.
Replaced pump also since the front seal was leaking, but not whining yet...

(at this point I have new pump and both lines new)

Reman pump SERIOUSLY whined... So I figured well maybe the rack sucked in air and ruined my rack since the pump was "new". Replaced rack.

New pump, new pressure line, new return line, new rack... Still whine.

Took car in for alignment, blew rack seal 5 miles down the road. Here comes rack #2.

I did good myself with the alignment and it pulled straight with no issues so I figured I'd drive it until I bought new tires (needed them soon anyway)

Got new tires, had alignment done, blew rack seal next day. (I blamed it on the alignment since our cars have no sleves and the alignment shop turned the rods sticking out of the rack to do the alignemnt messing up the seals) They understood, whatever....

Rack #3 installed and alignment done... No leaks, still whines... So I said WTH, I have lifetime on the pump, I'll get a new one and try. Maybe I got a bad one from the start. Pump #2 installed, still whined after 4 months... Not bad but when turning it does a little. I said F it, I'll live with it.. LOL

Don't mean to scare you with my story, I just may have that great luck after 3 racks, 2 pumps and a pair of lines... BUT hey, I can change out the complete steering system in about 30 minutes now..

did you bleed the system correctly? leave cap off, turn wheel stop to stop, keeping reservoir full, until no bubbles are present?

i got a duralast p/s pump about 2 years ago now, not a peep out of it since it went in. i also had to change the rack, (got a used one) as the pump didn't fix my power steering issue.