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I have a 87 5.0 and it makes a horrible whinning sound when turn the wheel and its beginning to whine during regular driving now. What could it be i have power steering fluid a new pump? Steering Rack? Please Help. Thanks in advance.

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sounds like the steering pump... do u fill it up more than regularly?

[ January 07, 2007, 06:06 PM: Message edited by: uh0h50 ]

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quote:
Originally posted by uh0h50:
sounds like the steering pump... do u fill it up more than regularly?

yup, sounds like your power steering pump
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probably just low on fluid make sure its full [patriot]

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sounds like a typical ford ps pump lol

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Yea i just filled it, and it was replaced a couple months ago what else could it be cuz its really whinning bad.

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if u bought the part and it was under warranty, take that -ish back and replace it. check for leaks in the lines as well... but overall sounds like it's the pump itself. good luck.

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was the power steering pump bled? the way to bleed it is by turning the wheel all the way to the left and then all the way to the right until you hit the locks on both sides do that and then add more fluid if it needs it and then do it again until it doesn't need anymore fluid and the noise is gone.

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at the parts store we reccomend u install a filter in the return line cause sure u may have bought a rebuilt pump and sure its under warranty but who wants to keep changing pumps? get a in line tranny filter slap it in the return side and it should filter out any bad stuff or any residue left over from the rbuild but ford pumps new ,old, rebuilt are still know for the whine!
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Its all junk... your whole car is junk... just kidding haha
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Originally posted by PopTheHood:
Its all junk... your whole car is junk... just kidding haha

Yea ok [Roll Eyes] So does your car run right yet [Wink]

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Yes actualy it does. If u kept up on the post i putt up you would know that. And about the whinning.. your car is junk. the whole car is ruined. get a new one. Or we could just race for pinks... [Big Grin] And i could take it off your hands. Hey guess what.?? Vinny says he got a 347.
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[Roll Eyes] yea and i have a twin turbo 460 cobra jet [Eek!] [Eek!]

[ January 11, 2007, 09:17 AM: Message edited by: PWR HNGRY 302 ]

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Originally posted by PopTheHood:
Yes actualy it does. If u kept up on the post i putt up you would know that. And about the whinning.. your car is junk. the whole car is ruined. get a new one. Or we could just race for pinks... [Big Grin] And i could take it off your hands. Hey guess what.?? Vinny says he got a 347.

I got tired of your posts ur car never works right i got over it i just figured you would fix and break something else so i would just chime in for the next problem [Wink] [dance]

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Before spending money on another pump, try this. My pump was whining like crazy. Flushed the system and now it's quite as a church mouse!

http://www.turbotbird.com/techinfo/power_steering.htm

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Originally posted by evintho:
Before spending money on another pump, try this. My pump was whining like crazy. Flushed the system and now it's quite as a church mouse!

http://www.turbotbird.com/techinfo/power_steering.htm

thanks ima try that.

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I would try flushing it. And if you're going to bleed the system you'll need to crank full turn to full turn several times then add fluid when necessary. I've alway found that its best to crack the lines to the power steering box just a tad to let any air out of the lines when bleeding. Then when fluid starts to come out tighten them down and continue to crank side to side and add fluid when necessary. You may even have to add after driving it a while as it can take a bit to work all air completely out of the system. Just recheck every so often. As stated before, a filter is a good idea and I'd also put a cooler on there if you plan on doing lots of road racing or hard driving/turning.

[ January 14, 2007, 08:16 PM: Message edited by: cummins ]

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