Micha

I have been having this problem for about 2 weeks.

When I go to start the car up in the morning or after it has been sitting for a while the power steering pump makes a weird high pitched whining noise.
I am not loosing power steering fluid out of the reservoir.
But there does seem to be a little bit of power steering fluid on the hose that heads toward the back of the motor.

Once the car warms up though the whining goes away.

Help. It makes my car sound like a Ford.

Oh, my real question is can I change the bearing for the pulley or do I have to change the whole pump?

dtapia

their is a current power steering hose recall and the recall also includes the low side o ring so the pump will not suck air into the system. call you local Acura dealer and have the update completed.

YeuEmMaiMai

yeah what stapia said...........

Micha

Thank you very much for your help.

olskoolcivic

make sure that the inlet hose o-ring at power steering pump is changed,you can ck yourself,10 mm wrench,take off bolt,o-ring should be a brownish color,if it is black,it was not changed and pump will make noise again and possibly fail,good luck.

dallasboy

Hrmm....mine is doing the same thing!! I was just gonna take it to local shop, but now I'll take into the Acura dealer...so this recall will include the o-ring being replaced?

olskoolcivic

yes it will,make sure it is brown color,if it is not changed,will make noise again and possibly ruin pump !!!!!

dtapia

the correct color of the o ring is orange.

olskoolcivic

thats correct,orange color oring,my bad,thanx dtapia.

dtapia

it's all good just making sure they dont get confused as some people on here will take a car apart after been fixed and ask questions about the shape or color of something.

YeuEmMaiMai

*hugs 2nd Gen CLS* lol PS on that care is totally rocking

dtapia

were starting to see hoses and pump leak big time on the early stuff. =(

olskoolcivic

Factory rep kicking back any pumps with black o-ring !!!!!

dtapia

not the rep the factory.

tech7427

Haha..yeah make sure the o ring is orange. Its another way of acura covering their *** with noisy ps pumps especially the 04 model year. The factory is kicking back r/r pumps that have black o rings.

Basicially if the tech didn't replace the o ring he has to replace for free.

olskoolcivic

Yes the factory !!!! Now we have to inspect every TL that comes in the shop.

dtapia

yea were guilty of it too.when the campaign started we were not changing the o rings and that was for the first month and since them every one. but we still make a crapy p/s pump

olskoolcivic

Yea man,what can you do?,we are lucky just to have work,they are cutting back on everything possible,plus all your t's crossed and i's dotted. !!!!!!

dtapia

yup know what ya mean after our 2nd audit in 5 months.

olskoolcivic

Think we got audit coming soon as well,all we can do is the right thing and hope for the best,keep your pride and never give up !!!!!!

tech7427

damn, we just went though our first audit in years.. that blows guys.. punch times punch times.

are you guys required to use the gr8 for warranty batteries?

olskoolcivic

Wow the GR-8,man if you dont have the printout,you wont get paid,its like that.punch times,we use ero,so you have to put in all your notes or same,wont get paid.this can have its own write up.like i stated b4,lucky to have job,seems they want you to make mistake so they can let you go.thats why i say,do your best,cross the t's and dot the i's dont give them the ammo to go after you.this is the worst it's ever been,keep your heads up and hopefully the good guyz will survive.

dtapia

dude its so stupid we have to write down the actual complaint word for word and the *** holes want us to say left side and not use L/S for like a vent of axle ect.its just a game their playing. so they will be back next month to see if were 100% compliant. they are holding a bundle about 2 awd tl"s worth

tech7427

ahha.. the gr8 is siiiiccckk..


err not.

takes ten hours to do a test. but, besides. i have a battery with a dead cell beside my trash can. haha. we can use the old hand held testers for quick diag, if it says use gr8 then yea, find an open bay and let it test.

even on recalls now we have to write what we did, not just " tl ps hose recall" , we have to write, r/r feed hose o ring etc

dtapia

yup its so freekin lame but they hold the golden glove to sock it to you and they will come with the force. he yif ya ever get the audit the chick kim looks like the chick in the self studies lol. no bs on that.