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So what exactly can cause belt/pulley noise?
Long story short, I replaced my power steering pump a few weeks ago with a 97 Lumnia power steering pump with "41k" miles on it (looks new as hell!) because the old one was squealing, the fluid was kinda brown, and the power steering would sorta "give out" at times in hard turns.
So I replace it with this pump, refill the tank with fresh synthetic "performance" power steering fluid and everything works great, wheel feels good, etc. Then I turn the wheels a bunch with the tank open, refilled fluid, and it's been good.
Now I notice this week, sometimes the pump squeals VERY LOUD, much louder than my old dying pump. Checked fluid, fine. I held a paper towel onto the grooves of the pulley while it's spinning and I got some dirt on it and the squealing stopped. It then started again a few moments later.
I then tried it again but this time the belt caught the towel and ran it around the pulley a few times. Again, no noise. It fell to the ground and it was silent for a few seconds then started to make noise again.
I can hear it from inside the car, but after 1500 RPM's it seems to go silent. Under 1500, it's loud.
Idearz? I now get looks from my ultra loud steam spewing raw smelling exhaust AND my awful squealing engine
Long story short, I replaced my power steering pump a few weeks ago with a 97 Lumnia power steering pump with "41k" miles on it (looks new as hell!) because the old one was squealing, the fluid was kinda brown, and the power steering would sorta "give out" at times in hard turns.
So I replace it with this pump, refill the tank with fresh synthetic "performance" power steering fluid and everything works great, wheel feels good, etc. Then I turn the wheels a bunch with the tank open, refilled fluid, and it's been good.
Now I notice this week, sometimes the pump squeals VERY LOUD, much louder than my old dying pump. Checked fluid, fine. I held a paper towel onto the grooves of the pulley while it's spinning and I got some dirt on it and the squealing stopped. It then started again a few moments later.
I then tried it again but this time the belt caught the towel and ran it around the pulley a few times. Again, no noise. It fell to the ground and it was silent for a few seconds then started to make noise again.
I can hear it from inside the car, but after 1500 RPM's it seems to go silent. Under 1500, it's loud.
Idearz? I now get looks from my ultra loud steam spewing raw smelling exhaust AND my awful squealing engine
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