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I started getting a noise upon start up in my 05 Grand caravan with a 3.3L V6 engine with roughly 170,000 miles on it. I have been doing lots of research and I have found that there is a screen in the power steering reservoir that gets clogged which starves the pump from fluid. By the sounds of it there isn’t a way to properly unclog the screen so the only way to fix this is to replace the old reservoir with a new one. So I will be flushing all the old fluid out of the system and replacing the reservoir in the very near future. I noticed that no one else has has posted about this issue before on the forum so I figured I’d let everyone know what I’ve found. I will let you all know when I service the system. Perhaps I’ll make a video too!
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Got part way through the job and hit my self in the head because I didn’t even think to make a video. But on any note the I got the new reservoir on and new fluid in and the noise has gone away. It took a little while for the air to get worked out but everything is fine now. I am going to make a video in the near future though of all the other weird noises I’m hearing that I can’t diagnose. All i know is that it has to do with the steering and or suspension but I can’t for the life of me find what’s causing the noise. Plus a humming noise between 30 and 55mph. New front wheel bearings so I’m wondering if the rears are gone too.
I’m pretty sure that I found the issue. I was suspecting the sway bar bushings on the van and Eric’s recent video on his sway bar bushing replacement just confirmed my suspicions. He was having the same basic sounds I was so I decided to inspect them. I grabbed the sway bar and pulled it towards me and there’s a lot of movement. I have the bushings but I’m not going to do the job til it’s a little warmer out as I work on it out side.
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