Tracka96

Just wondering if many of you have the PS whine and how long you've had it. My 03 S-crew whines, 114,000 miles on it. Changed out the real dirty fluid today with no effect on the whine. Didn't really expect that to fix it tho. I'm wondering how long I can just let it whine. Tracka96

skizriz

Until it quits. J/K

Mine also has a whine. I thought about draining the fluid and putting fresh stuff in to see if it helps. Guess you saved me the trouble though.

03fx4-4me

Was told there was an adjusting bolt/nut on back of pump and this would take care of whine,,,never tried it ---my 03 does it also,,,not bad. may be worth looking into,,,

2000MTZ

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are you talking about just a small turn, or wheels turned all the way?

all fords that ive ever been in the ps whines when the wheels are turned all the way

bob101770

I put 85,000 on a 99 xlt with a 4.6 and it had the ford whine the entire time and it's probally still whining. Ford still hasn't figured out how to make a power steering pump. If you hear 10 vechiles with a whine 8 are Fords.

fordtruckman98

My 94 has been whining since 95 lol. Has 270k on it and still easy as hell to crank the wheels

Tracka96

Whines with any amount of wheel turning, the noise doesn't bother me at all, but I don't want a breakdown.

Punity

My 89 had to be filled daily with PS fluid and whined like a cat being beaten with a switch. But never failed on me. My "new" truck i just got doesnt have a whine(yet) but its a ford so i can deal with it. Now if a chevy or dodge started whining id be real scared something was going to break.

Execut1ve

mine whines too with any amount of turning of the wheel. I swapped out some of the fluid once and it looked/smelled none too good, I should probably do a complete flush. IIRC Justcallmesean did a PS pump swap on his truck using a "GM" pump and it took care of the whine

texasedition

That is just a Ford thing. My 06 started doing it after 10,000 miles.