power steering whine...

Roland69 · May 23, 2007

I know it's a ford thing but has anyone found anything that will quiet the pump down on theese cars. I remember someone saying there is some additive or something they tried that seemed to work well.

BigHairyMonkey · May 23, 2007

lol i was waiting for this thread, my pump whines so much i laugh while parking. I can hear it over the exhaust

91lxttrim · May 24, 2007

I just rebuilt my pump 2 months ago and it's quieter than uh... something that's really quiet.

But seriously, the rebuild kit is only $10 - $15 from Autozone, only takes a couple hours and it works awesome!!

Shakerhood · May 24, 2007

Make sure you run Type F Fluid in your P/S System.

onefstsnake · May 24, 2007

I have heard that running a larger P/S pulley will also keep it from whining.
I read somewhere that Ford P/S pumps run almost twice the pressure of other mfgs. So the larger pulley keeps the pressure down and helps keep the pump alive.

Joey5.0 · May 24, 2007

Replace it with a New one.

90$ on 50 Resto. Not bad i guess.

Roland69 · May 24, 2007

onefstsnake said:
I have heard that running a larger P/S pulley will also keep it from whining.
I read somewhere that Ford P/S pumps run almost twice the pressure of other mfgs. So the larger pulley keeps the pressure down and helps keep the pump alive.

I have posted that on here before about 2X the pressure....I might try a larger pully and maby rebuild mine at the same time.

Nibbie · May 24, 2007

What i did was a powerstearing flush, then added a BG additive that made it realy quit and it never realy wined again. worked pretty good, the only thing i notice is it will make a slight wine during start-up in the winter time and go away after a few minutes.

WQRed50 · May 24, 2007

Try Lucas Powersteering Fluid additive.

My 1990 GT made noise, my 1999 Expedition made noise and my 2003 Windstar made noise. I took out an ounce or two and added the Lucas, now they are all quiet. I regularily change the fluid in the Mustang, when it comes out of storage and add two ounces of Lucas every time.

LordMustangGT · May 25, 2007

lol mine has the normal whine, and theres about 3 or 4 different kinds of fluid in it, lol never had a problem though, even has some Royal purple ATF in it..., gave me 5hp!!! lol thats what someone with a honda would of said though.

marine_2003 · May 25, 2007

91lxttrim said:
I just rebuilt my pump 2 months ago and it's quieter than uh... something that's really quiet.

But seriously, the rebuild kit is only $10 - $15 from Autozone, only takes a couple hours and it works awesome!!

what all did you need beside the rebuild kit? I am needing to do mine, and want to attempt it, but i want to make sure i have what i need to do it.

Darkwriter77 · May 25, 2007

Lucas didn't do jack for my P/S pump. I put some in when I drained and refilled the nasty ancient fluid from my pump reservoir a year ago; ever since then, it's STILL whined the same, AND it started steadily losing fluid.

The only 100% sure cure for P/S pump whine on a Ford is to just delete it.

Daggar · May 25, 2007

Please refer to the technical thread index. There, you will find a reference to a great thread on how to eliminate the power steering whine.

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