Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 11:31 pm
Loose rack? Worn tie rod end links?
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Clunk from steering?
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 1:39 am
do you have a standard intake?
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 11:25 am
Low level in power steering fluid reservoir?
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 12:29 pm
Do you mean a popping sound? i have the same problem, and it is a mystery on why it happens...
It comes from the intake and if you have cai or pod filter, you can hear it alot more... appearently is not a problem, but no one knows why it happens....
It comes from the intake and if you have cai or pod filter, you can hear it alot more... appearently is not a problem, but no one knows why it happens....
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 1:07 pm
silvermiata wrote:Do you mean a popping sound? i have the same problem, and it is a mystery on why it happens...
It comes from the intake and if you have cai or pod filter, you can hear it alot more... appearently is not a problem, but no one knows why it happens....
I started hearing the same thing in the past week (only when parking it @ home - sound gets reflected off the walls, can't hear it any other time) but I only started hearing it just after installing my APEXi power intake.
My theory
(and I'm a computer nerd, not a mechanic - so don't laugh too hard if I'm mistaken 
) is:When the power steering assist kicks in, it puts additional load on the engine, so when idling it kicks up the revs a little to compensate - the sound we hear is the throttle opening & closing rapidly, which was previously muffled by the stock air filter.
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 1:23 pm
silvermiata wrote:
Do you mean a popping sound? i have the same problem, and it is a mystery on why it happens...
It comes from the intake and if you have cai or pod filter, you can hear it alot more... appearently is not a problem, but no one knows why it happens....
I started hearing the same thing in the past week (only when parking it @ home - sound gets reflected off the walls, can't hear it any other time) but I only started hearing it just after installing my APEXi power intake.
My theory (and I'm a computer nerd, not a mechanic - so don't laugh too hard if I'm mistaken ) is:
When the power steering assist kicks in, it puts additional load on the engine, so when idling it kicks up the revs a little to compensate - the sound we hear is the throttle opening & closing rapidly, which was previously muffled by the stock air filter.
my engine makes this pop sound more when i have wider/heavier wheels on, so your theory kind of is right, thats what i have thought too, but it does't sound right...highly annoying..
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 1:49 pm
yep, your right
only noticed it on mine after I changed the intake
only noticed it on mine after I changed the intake
Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 6:44 pm
just an update on this, i have changed the power steering fluid, and the noised has reduced a lot, so if you have the same problem, suck out the fluid from the power steering reservoir, andfill it up with new fluid.... its a shame there is no drain plug to flush all the fluid...