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Frosty
12-20-2005, 06:52 AM
Does anyone else have a noisy power steering pump now that the cold weather has set in?
foff667
12-20-2005, 09:18 AM
the one in my gtp has always been noisy...my fbodies never were though.
coldkilla
12-20-2005, 10:10 AM
yeah mine gets that way a bit, even with full fluid it just gets whiny in the winter.
qwikz28
12-20-2005, 10:15 AM
mine did that and it turned out i had no fluid in there. i mean 0 fluid. check your levels before your pump goes
Tru2Chevy
12-21-2005, 09:48 AM
The one in my Lumina is a bit noisey, even if the fluid is full. Something about the cold I guess.

- Justin
12secondv6
12-21-2005, 11:43 AM
My P/S pump in the bird is silent!

I NEVER hear it!
Savage_Messiah
12-21-2005, 12:25 PM
My P/S pump in the bird is silent!

I NEVER hear it!

:funny: :rofl:
Frosty
12-21-2005, 04:32 PM
mine did that and it turned out i had no fluid in there. i mean 0 fluid. check your levels before your pump goes


Fluid level is fine. It only does it in the cold. Did it last year too. Weird isn't it?
maroman88
12-21-2005, 07:54 PM
classic ford crap is always wining VERY LOUD, my fbodies had nothing
Teds89IROC
12-22-2005, 10:22 AM
Mine did it in the winter. It's common amongst GM pumps. My friend has the same thing in his GTP and my dads lumina also wined. My friend with the GTP talked to someone about it and he was the one who said its common.

~Ted
ar0ck
12-22-2005, 12:50 PM
Ive never heard problems with GM pumps. Like the saying goes "You know your a mustang owner when you can hear your power steering pump over your E303 cam & 3" flowmaster exhaust."
Savage_Messiah
12-22-2005, 01:46 PM
hijack] what color is the PS fluid supposed to be? [/hijack]
slasherbarb
12-22-2005, 04:35 PM
hijack] what color is the PS fluid supposed to be? [/hijack]i think its supposed to be clear if im not mistaken...
Savage_Messiah
12-23-2005, 03:41 AM
uhhhhh.... hmm... well I checked it last night and it was dark otu and I had a flashlight, but I thought it looked brown... that bad?
camaro2you
12-23-2005, 09:22 AM
uhhhhh.... hmm... well I checked it last night and it was dark otu and I had a flashlight, but I thought it looked brown... that bad?

wouldnt hurt to change it a bottle of prestone is like 2bucks at advance.
Savage_Messiah
12-23-2005, 04:32 PM
Well today i checked and it was somewherre between clear and orange... just picked up a bottle of STP fluid since it's low, gonna go top it off
12secondv6
12-24-2005, 12:19 AM
Just checked my p/s resevoir....... it's EMPTY!!!!!!!! ;)
Teds89IROC
12-26-2005, 08:32 AM
No wonder you had a hard time pulling into the p-lot at Jose Tejas!! :rofl:

~Ted