I have a whining noise.
Asked by David Apr 05, 2017 at 06:51 AM about the 2001 Ford Windstar Cargo Base
Question type: Maintenance & Repair
I have a whining noise when idling, when accelerating and turning. I have
noticed the power steering fluid was low,I filled it. The whining decreased but
did not go away. Later in the week the whining was right back (sound as if it is
coming from the engine) but the fluid is full. Anyone have any ideas?
5 Answers
Yea, Ford is notorious for there power steering pumps to whine. You could go to a shop and have the power steering serviced, fluid change, and on some systems there is a internal filter to change out, not sure on yours tho, but having it serviced will help it.
enginecreator answered 7 years ago
I use a turkey baster every year sometimes sooner to pull out as much of my power steering & brake fluid (without it running engine off) and replace with fresh. This needs to be a habit everybody needs to be doing. Next time you do a trans service if yours does not have a drain plug buy a drain plug kit and install it (pan) so you can freshen it up too (want to this as soon as you buy it new do not wait until you have high miles.
enginecreator answered 7 years ago
My 98 F150 so far so good, has not whined. Been doing the turkey baster fresh fluid replace since 2001. I drain my radiator every year too replace with 50/50 mix I mix myself from full strength cause I do not like buying water.
And on the anti-freeze, you get 2 gallons out of the concentrate vs 1 gallon of 50/50 mix for the same price.
Drain tank (ps) add a reservoir full of gear oil adds some extra lubrication to vanes in ps pump, the rest of the fluid dilutes the thicker oil down w/o damage to system ford pumps are just noisy always have been always will be.