Whine
 

I hear a whine coming from the engine bay, sorry I can't be more specific, that gets louder as engine speed increases. The whine is further aggrevated when the steering wheel is turned in either direction which makes me think it is possibly a faulty power steering pump? The whine however disappears when the engine reaches normal operating temperature...

Any guidance would be much appreciated, the model is a 1999 1.8 Club with almost 90k on the clock.

Thanks

Power steering belt perhaps?

Thanks for the response Steve, I don't think its the belt but would be interested to know how common steering problems are and whether the rack or the pump is the most common failure?

The PAS pump whines on mine and has done since I bought it at 38K now on 58K and still the same.

Thanks Phil, it comforting to think there's another 20k in it...

But is there in mine????:SHOCKED: ;)

Hi Phil, I see you got some work done by Lates, did you guys discuss power steering problems at all...

No sorry, it went completely out of my head when I was there. Mine does it when accelerating say turning left in first and maybe second off a roundabout.