power steering

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Mon 21 Oct 2002 17:07
power steering - ajsdoc
This may be a silly question and apologies if it is. I've never had a car with power steering before and just wonder whether it is normal to hear a soft "whirring" on full lock in both directions. The car is a 1998 mondeo 1.8LX.

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Mon 21 Oct 2002 17:21
power steering - eric's son
all the cars that I've had with power steering have made a variety of hisses/whirrs/gentle grumbles on full lock, as have all the commercial/emergency vehicles I've driven. Always sounds a bit unnerving, but I remember I was once taught on a driving course that holding a vehicle with PAS on full lock for over 30 seconds (eg if you got bogged down somewhere or something) was likely to make the steering go "bang" in a terminal manner, so the nasty noise has always served me as a remender to pull the lock back a bit.
Hope that helps
ES
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