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(Message started by: mazzy_j on Mar 3^rd, 2007, 10:33pm)

Title: 24v Rumbling PAS
Post by mazzy_j on Mar 3^rd, 2007, 10:33pm

Hi all,

if i quickly turn the steering more than half a turn on my '95 cossie whilst either stationary or driving at very low speed it makes a rumbling kind of noise which you can feel through the steering wheel.

Looking on the fault finder page it suggests replacing a high pressure steering pipe (wherever that may be), is this the solution or could it be something else?

Matt

Title: Re: 24v Rumbling PAS
Post by Octavian_P on Mar 3^rd, 2007, 10:50pm

Hi there, the cure it's simple, find a grass patch or use some old papers under the front wheels, rev the engine to about 1200 - 1500 rpm and make 2-3 complete turns of the steering wheel. This rumbling appears in general with the presence of air in the system. It is also a side effect of lifting the car, and letting the front wheels in air.

Title: Re: 24v Rumbling PAS
Post by mazzy_j on Mar 3^rd, 2007, 11:00pm

Thanks :) Will give that a go in the morning and see how it goes... Should i take the reserviour cap off to let the air out?

Matt

Title: Re: 24v Rumbling PAS
Post by Octavian_P on Mar 3^rd, 2007, 11:13pm

To be sincere i never took the cap of, it usually sorted out by some "tight cornering around the block" making my neighbors think i'm drunk and driving ;D

Title: Re: 24v Rumbling PAS
Post by jonnycab on Mar 4^th, 2007, 1:08am

Octavian is probably right....if the front wheels have been off the ground, then it tends to rumble/vibrate for a while. It usually settles down after a few miles :)

Unless the PS pump is on the way out, or the belt is slipping :-/

Title: Re: 24v Rumbling PAS
Post by mazzy_j on Mar 4^th, 2007, 1:19am

Hi JC, the front wheels havnt been off the ground in months, & i havnt been doing any bridge jumping so hopefully its just a bit of air in the system :)

Matt

Title: Re: 24v Rumbling PAS
Post by the_boogeyman on Mar 4^th, 2007, 2:51pm

have you done your front brakes yet, isold you the cossie ones

Title: Re: 24v Rumbling PAS
Post by mazzy_j on Mar 4^th, 2007, 4:50pm

the cossie calipers are due to go on my diesel, hopefully then it'll stop like the cossie does ;)

i did as suggested and it seems to be ok, though now i may have a much bigger problem on my hands...

Matt