Power Steering

XJBOY1

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Hi everyone,

Just got done putting a new power steering pump in my '96 XJ, 4.0L. It sounded fine when I started it and ran it for awhile, but then when I tried to drive it it was making a terrible noise when off idle. The noise goes away after the revs go up, but it is not a good sounding noise-like a grinding or something. The belt seems in alignment. I did not "bleed" the system , I did turn the wheel lock-to-lock after I started it, thinking that would be enough. Is the noise because I didn't bleed it? if so, is it too late to bleed it, if not, how do I bleed it? thanks in advance gotta go to work, I'll check back later.

George:)
 
Yeah, check the fluid level. If the fluid is low the pump cavitates and makes some really scary sounding groans.
 
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