Re: Steering Whine?

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Matt Howe say:

> Howdy Listigators...  I've just gotten my car back from the shop, having had
> a new steering rack put in.  The new rack works fine, but makes a
> whining/vibration consistant with the engine speed when the steering wheel
> is not centered.  It cannot really be heard under the hood, but in the
> drivers seat, I can hear it, as well as feel it in the floor, pedals, and
> steering wheel.
> 
> While the old rack was still in (and leaking), I was putting generic
> steering fluid in it so I wouldn't have to pay $10+ per liter for it to
> drain onto the road.  Might this fluid have done some damage to the pump?
> There is pentosin in the sytem now.  Does anyone have experience with this
> type of problem?  Thanks!

If you put power steering fluid in, you have done considerable
damage to the steering system.

Pentosin is not a pricey brand of PS fluid, it is a completely
different substance. PS fluid ruins lots of parts on Audis.

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