Power Steering Whine?
10-14-2014, 05:25 PM
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I had replaced my factory pump (the design is called c2) with a direct replacement about a year ago. Unfortunately it also came with a plastic serp pulley!
Well the pulley let go and I finally got fed up with the whine (from the new pump that came with a disclaimer about the whine) and replaced with a saginaw pump and bracket straight from the junk yard (1992 E150). Night and day difference! Pump is completely silent and I could steer my lifted 4x4 with oversized tires through the mud with one finger.
If you are considering this swap DO IT!
Well the pulley let go and I finally got fed up with the whine (from the new pump that came with a disclaimer about the whine) and replaced with a saginaw pump and bracket straight from the junk yard (1992 E150). Night and day difference! Pump is completely silent and I could steer my lifted 4x4 with oversized tires through the mud with one finger.
If you are considering this swap DO IT!
03-26-2019, 11:18 AM
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Power steering
Are you running power steering fluid on yours?
All the old fords that have the plastic powersteering pumps resivores I have had problem of them whining loud when I run power steering fluid.
I started running ATF in them (my 94 explorer, 88 F150, dad's 89 F250, his previous 86 F150, and will on the trucks that are down and trucks I get that have this style pump) and I don't have any whine at all.
Fords call for atf for the power steering so it’s actually the correct fluid, power steering fluid is thicker thats what causes the whine.😁 I learned that to lol
I have no idea if this is what you are suppose to do but I have ran it in multiple trucks and never had a problems with it that was caused by that (I do have a leak in my explorer but that is for a different reason).
Trav
All the old fords that have the plastic powersteering pumps resivores I have had problem of them whining loud when I run power steering fluid.
I started running ATF in them (my 94 explorer, 88 F150, dad's 89 F250, his previous 86 F150, and will on the trucks that are down and trucks I get that have this style pump) and I don't have any whine at all.
Fords call for atf for the power steering so it’s actually the correct fluid, power steering fluid is thicker thats what causes the whine.😁 I learned that to lol
I have no idea if this is what you are suppose to do but I have ran it in multiple trucks and never had a problems with it that was caused by that (I do have a leak in my explorer but that is for a different reason).
Trav
03-27-2019, 02:03 AM
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THREAD FROM THE DEAD!!!
After 5 years, he probably figgered it out.
After 5 years, he probably figgered it out.