[s-cars] Mooo noise from steering

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The leak is probably your problem Pantelis.  The symptoms you describe sounds 
like you might have blown or weeping the Hipressure hose to the rack.  You 
need to peel back the protective foam from the outside of the hose, and you 
will find fluid underneath.  If you don't have the correct pressure at the 
rack, the cow sounds are what you hear.  Also, warn out or dirty fluid gets 
trapped in the screens of some of the banjo bolts, which also prevents 
correct pressure from getting to the rack itself (these are located on the 
pump and the bomb, not the rack itself).  Also ck to make sure that your 
bellows on the rack are intact, and, if you find no external fluid leaks, the 
seals in the rack are most likely bad....  To ck this, a small hole into the 
bottom of the bellows should identify the culprit.  

HTH

Scott Justusson
In a message dated 3/1/01 10:48:58 AM Central Standard Time, pantg at otenet.gr 
writes:

> Fellow listers,
>  
>  Today I have noticed that when switching the car on and turn the steering
>  wheel left or right a mooo-ing noise with some high resonance transmited to
>  the steering wheel.
>  
>  When the engine is warmed up the noise and resonance disappear.
>  
>  Pentosin level is OK.
>  
>  There is some pentosin leaking (topping up a bit of pentosin about once
>  every two months) but no majot leaking problem.
>  
>  Car is a 1995 model year RS2
>  Thanks for your suggestions.
>  
>  Take care
>  Pantelis
>