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Hello, a few weeks ago my power steering pump started to make a bad whining noise on my 1994 Prelude. I noticed the a lot of bubbles where forming in the reservoir, a few minutes later the fluid would leak out of the reservoir, I must of lost like 3/4 of fluid. I took the belt off and continued to drive until I got a used pump from a salvage yard. I put the pump on 2 days ago and let it run till all the bubbles where gone. The pump didn’t whine at idle, but when I moved the steering wheel lock to lock I would hear whining, I also felt vibration when I turned the wheel under my feet, possibly the rack? Anyways, the next morning as I left to work I didn’t hear the whining anymore, but when I got to work I could hear the whine again. When the engine reaches operating temperature is when I hear the whining pretty much. It did leak out a lot of fluid, and I did put in prestone ps fluid. Fluid is at the right level and the belt is tensioned properly, also the steering wheel turns smoothly, just the noise is annoying. Any suggestions? Should I replace that fluid with Honda ps fluid? Thanks.
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Yes, you should only use Honda power steering fluid in there. You will need to flush all of the fluid out of the pump, rack, and lines.
+1 Only use Honda power steering fluid in a Honda power steering system. The use of any other type of fluid often results in problems. I recommend you flush the entire system and fill it with Honda fluid.
Keep us posted.
I got a 5 pack of genuine honda fluid for a good price, might have some left over but it’s good to have if I run low, I’m gonna be doing the flush Wednesday morning. wish me luck lol.
Alright, So I got most of the fluid out and put in Honda PS fluid, the noise was still there but it was a bit quiter, it kept doing it for about 3-4 days, the car sat for 2 days and It’s been 4 days and the noise is gone now, no more noise (:
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