Please help? Steering pump problem?

[ravenp]

Howdy..

Okay...97 RS, 94,000km's on it. A few months back I started hearing a whining noise when making sharp slow turns... also noticed a leak from the powersteering pump and hose. Replaced the hose and cleaned up the pump on the possiblity that the oil had blown over to the pump while driving making it appear as if it were leaking.

Drove the car for the last 3 weeks or so and the whining is gone. THe leak seems to have stopped now, but there is a light moaning coming from somewhere and I would guess it's the power steering pump acting up. Now that there's no more leak in the line, it stands to reason more pressure is being put on the pump. I checked the fluid level and colour yesterday. The level is bang on, and the colour is a clean green.

Any ideas? Any way to confirm if the pump is shot or okay? I can't say that I may have missed this moaning before... it only happens after driving for a while, when i'm going slow, and in my underground where it reverberates a bit. I may not have heard it before, not trying to listen for problems... make sense? : )

Thanks..!

[Jason S]

mines doing the same thing, but never a leak, and its a 96 RS. Once i actually LOST power steering for about 3 hours, but whenever i put the clutch in and reved it, it would come back, untill it idled again. Now its been working fine for 2 weeks

[FirebirdGT]

Duplicate post.