megaman096

Man I am totally pissed at my car. Well today I ran around for errands and my car ran smooth as a babys butt. Then I went to my house stayed home and took a lovely sunday nap.

I then got in my car to head to Krispy Kreme because I wanted some doughnuts and when i started up my car I heard a strange whirring noise when it was idleing. I was like WTF is this! It isnt to loud but kinda prominent when insid the car and a little bit when outside of the car. I noticed the noise amplified as a moved the steering wheel slightly at a stop. It also made the noise when I was moving slowly too. When I am at a good speed a hear nothing.

Notes: Car makes weird noise at idle and slightly amplifies when moving the wheel at low speeds.

I just got my power steering rack replaced about 5 days ago. I am thinking the pump or the belt????? Please help!

BauleyCivic

Try pushing the clutch in and see what happens.

megaman096

doesnt change

BauleyCivic

Hmmm...did you listen in the engine bay to try and pinpoint it?

civictildeath

might be intake noise

megaman096

i dont think it is intake, could be but I have had my SRI for about 3 months now and never heard that noise before. I tried pinpointing it and it sounded(not to sure) like it was coming from the drivers side of the engine area.

civictildeath

check the power steering fluid. and it may also be a pulley

megaman096

what pulley??? ps fluid is okay

civictildeath

could be any one of them

megaman096

anyone else?

turbo_civic005

It sounds like your powersteering pump. Have you ever been low on powersteering fluid before? It just might be natural ware or a failure of the pump and need to replace it. If it is your ps pump the reason why it might be louder at a stop is probably because at a dead stop your steering rack is going to harder to turn than if you are moving forward.

megaman096

i dont think I have been low on fluid before.

megaman096

bump...happened again this morning. girlfriend said it kinda sounded like a lownmower or a bee sorta, its a low noise when the car is idleing, come on help people!

HatchEh2

its definetly your ps pump dude! check it out and let us know, i bet u it is... If you woulda sad "i started my car and the more i hit the gas it sounded like a turbo spooling up" i would said you dont know how to wire your speakers

Ryan.

when i am at a dead stop i have the kind of noise when i turn the wheel. I was thinking that it could be my PS pump! only thing i can think of. anyone?

93CivicSI

Alternator whine. -

Ryan.

damn, i'll check it out

-- thats like 250 down the drain

dmxsoulja3

my alternator pulley/bearing was worn out from the alternator bracket being busted and made a similar noise.

megaman096

how can i check and see if it is my powersteering pump. I cranked it after I got off work tonight and the whirring was louder and worse and lasted even until I got up to about 40 miles per hour. The sound isnt there that much when the car is fully warm???? And each time i turn while its cold espicially the sound gets a little bit louder.

BauleyCivic

Go to the dealership and get a free estimate, see if they can figure out what it is. (Make sure its free though first)

megaman096

I read on the advance auto website that pumps may start to whine when they get old because the bearing goes out on them. I also now know that my powersteering fluid is a darkkk brown (not good)and there is a bottle of some off brand power steering fluid in my trunk under neath where the wheel is. So my speculations, say that my pump is wore out and old and i need to change my fluid to right Honda ps fluid and I am good to go. So should I go buy the pump tomorrow at advance auto.

Is replacing a pump easy for a DIYer that is a novice, I have the downloaded version of the helms manual.

megaman096

err double post