Hey R3V,
About a month and a half ago I changed my steering rack. The original was leaking from the boots and I was advised by a Euro auto shop that was indication the rack was gone. It was replaced with another e30 stock rack.
Two weeks ago I started getting a vibration/grinding noise in the steering under hard left turns. I thought it was the control arm. If you drove sensibly, there wasn't any concern. Weather has been shit and I've had final exams, so last week when I finally finished with my rear subframe bushings, I got the car out and as if overnight this creeking / clunking was right there.
As it turns out, the control arm is perfectly fine. It's the power-steering pump. Under heavy forces it jumps all around violently. If you turn it slowly to full lock (left) it sometimes sounds like bubbling, which makes me think air got into the system (I flushed both the lines and the rack prior to install).
What confuses me is that the fluid level is very full. In fact, it almost seemed to increase - that's probably because the liquid is milky in colour suggesting water got into the system. Even more strangely though is that there appears to be a leak near the PS bottle, which again would suggest decreasing levels.
I'm at a total loss what to do. Do I 'bleed' the system? If so, how? I have to get the car safetied and now this happens.... UGH.
many, many thanks for any help.
- Colin
About a month and a half ago I changed my steering rack. The original was leaking from the boots and I was advised by a Euro auto shop that was indication the rack was gone. It was replaced with another e30 stock rack.
Two weeks ago I started getting a vibration/grinding noise in the steering under hard left turns. I thought it was the control arm. If you drove sensibly, there wasn't any concern. Weather has been shit and I've had final exams, so last week when I finally finished with my rear subframe bushings, I got the car out and as if overnight this creeking / clunking was right there.
As it turns out, the control arm is perfectly fine. It's the power-steering pump. Under heavy forces it jumps all around violently. If you turn it slowly to full lock (left) it sometimes sounds like bubbling, which makes me think air got into the system (I flushed both the lines and the rack prior to install).
What confuses me is that the fluid level is very full. In fact, it almost seemed to increase - that's probably because the liquid is milky in colour suggesting water got into the system. Even more strangely though is that there appears to be a leak near the PS bottle, which again would suggest decreasing levels.
I'm at a total loss what to do. Do I 'bleed' the system? If so, how? I have to get the car safetied and now this happens.... UGH.
many, many thanks for any help.
- Colin
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